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Duplicity in Action: US Hinges Military Aid to Israel on Eased Gaza Plight After Deploying THAAD
Duplicity in Action: US Hinges Military Aid to Israel on Eased Gaza Plight After Deploying THAAD
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Washington has warned Israel in a letter that any further military aid might be at risk unless the humanitarian situation in devastated Gaza is improved.
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The US has warned Israel in a letter that any further military aid might be at risk unless the humanitarian situation in devastated Gaza is improved.“We are particularly concerned that recent actions by the Israeli government – including halting commercial imports, denying or impeding nearly 90 percent of humanitarian movements between northern and southern Gaza in September, […] together with increased lawlessness and looting – are contributing to an accelerated deterioration in the conditions in Gaza,” read a Sunday letter, jointly written by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and first reported by Israeli News 12. Addressed to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, it sets out measures that Washington expects Israel to take, including:Unless such measures are taken, Israel risks violating US laws governing foreign military assistance, per the letter. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said the letter «was not meant as a threat,» adding that it appeared “they [the Israelis] are taking this seriously.» According to a cited Israeli official in Washington, the letter was being reviewed. Coincidentally, a day after the letter was sent, Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) agency tweeted photos of aid entering Gaza, saying that “Israel is not preventing the entry of humanitarian aid, with an emphasis on food, into Gaza.” The US has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began, according to a report for Brown University’s Costs of War project. Another $4.86 billion had been funneled into stepped-up US military operations in the region since October 7, 2023, the findings show.Overall, Israel has been the largest cumulative recipient of US foreign aid since its founding in 1948, according to research by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), receiving about $310 billion (adjusted for inflation) in total economic and military assistance.
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Hot on the heels of deployment of Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery components to its ally, and underscoring the US’ “ironclad commitment to the defense of Israel”, Washington suddenly judged the moment was ripe to take the moral high ground.
“We are particularly concerned that recent actions by the Israeli government – including halting commercial imports, denying or impeding nearly 90 percent of humanitarian movements between northern and southern Gaza in September, […] together with increased lawlessness and looting – are contributing to an accelerated deterioration in the conditions in Gaza,” read a Sunday letter, jointly written by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and first reported by Israeli News 12.
Addressed to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, it sets out measures that Washington expects Israel to take, including:
Unless such measures are taken, Israel risks violating US laws governing foreign military assistance, per the letter.
Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder confirmed on Sunday that President Biden and Pentagon chief Austin had signed off on the deployment of a US Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile battery and associated crew in Israel.
THAAD DEPLOYMENT IN ISRAEL RISKS OVERWHELMING WESTERN HEGEMON UNABLE TO ‘FIGHT ON MULTIPLE FRONTS’
US plans to deploy a THAAD missile system in Israel signal that Washington is now firmly “stuck” in the war in the Middle East, even though this is “something that most probably… https://t.co/hsdEk5yoix pic.twitter.com/3yP6Y4GRbf
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