The Biden administration is under fire after reportedly withholding
intelligence on the locations of senior Hamas officials to pressure
Israel into giving up its planned invasion of Rafah.
Biden officials have reportedly offered to supply Israel with
intelligence on top Hamas officials in exchange for assurances that the
Israeli military will not conduct a full-scale invasion of Rafah, which
Israeli officials have repeatedly promised to do in order to take out
the remaining battalions of Hamas left in the Gaza Strip, according to
The Washington Post.
Critics blasted the proposal, accusing President Joe Biden of
withholding information that could finish the Israel-Hamas war faster,
as well as potentially lead to the rescue of hostages still held by
Hamas.
Is there anything more cynical than this? More repulsive?The
administration says it has intel on the wherabouts of the
Hamas terror masters but will only share if Israel agrees not
to eradicate Hamas.
This is an ally? This is a friend?
https://t.co/ZmGIk2JY9m - Caroline Glick (@CarolineGlick) May 11, 2024
"Is there anything more cynical than this? More repulsive? The
administration says it has intel on the wherabouts [sic] of the Hamas
terror masters but will only share if Israel agrees not to eradicate
Hamas. This is an ally? This is a friend?" said Caroline Glick, the
senior contributing editor at the Jewish News Syndicate.
Am I reading this right?!?! Has the U.S. had info on the
locations of Hamas leaders (and presumably the hostages) that
it's kept from Israel up until now?? Methinks the White House
has a bit of explaining to do.
https://t.co/h0t00YfjEg - Ilan Berman (@ilanberman) May 11, 2024
Ilan Berman, a senior vice president at the American Foreign Policy
Council, posted: "Am I reading this right?!?! Has the U.S. had info on
the locations of Hamas leaders (and presumably the hostages) that it's
kept from Israel up until now?? Methinks the White House has a bit of
explaining to do."
Big scoop from @washingtonpost: Biden, US intel have intel on
locations of hostages, Hamas leaders but haven't shared it
with Israel.
That's not how the WaPo spins it, but that's exactly what this
means.
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- Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) May 12, 2024
HotAir managing editor Ed Morrissey said: "Biden, US intel have intel
on locations of hostages, Hamas leaders but haven't shared it with
Israel. That's not how the WaPo spins it, but that's exactly what this
means."
The report comes after President Joe Biden said last week that the U.S.
would freeze offensive military aid to Israel if the Israeli military
invades Rafah.
"I made it clear that if they go into Rafah - they haven't gone in
Rafah yet - if they go into Rafah, I'm not supplying the weapons that
have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities
- that deal with that problem," Biden said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a member of the war cabinet
that is currently in charge of the Israeli government, responded to
Biden's threat in a video statement
"If Israel needs to stand alone, it will stand alone," Netanyahu said.
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