Always remember, CNN = U.S. State Dept position.
CNN is reporting the Obama/Biden administration are seeking to delay the Israeli counteroffensive into Gaza in order to gain more time for hostage negotiations. Israel denies feeling pressure, yet something is holding them back; make of that what you will. However, the delay itself tracks accurately with the predictable intent of the ideologues behind the hidden agenda of the administration.
CNN – The Biden administration has pressed Israel to delay its imminent invasion of Gaza to allow for the release of more hostages held by Hamas and for aid to reach Gaza, according to two sources briefed on the discussions.
The release of two Americans held by Hamas Friday signaled that more of roughly 200 people believed to be kidnapped by the militant group may be freed after they were taken during the group’s deadly attacks launched against Israel two week ago.
“The [administration] pressed Israeli leadership to delay because of progress on the hostage front,” and the need to get trucks of aid into Gaza, one person familiar with the discussions said. The NSC did not immediately respond for comment.
Qatar, acting as a middle-man for the US and Israel, has been leading the discussions with Hamas about releasing the hostages since they were abducted by the militant group. According to a diplomat briefed on the talks, the negotiations have included talks about getting much-needed aid into Gaza and the need for a temporary ceasefire to get the prisoners out. Israel has not indicated they are considering a ceasefire. (read more)
As earlier reported, “US president Joe Biden, when asked by a reporter on Friday whether Israel should delay a potential ground invasion of Gaza until more hostages can get out, said “Yes.” The administration later tried to walk back that statement. Additionally, Bloomberg has also reported on the intent of the Biden administration to delay any ground war directly into Gaza until the hostages could be released {link}.
♦ Non-Pretending Predictability. Hamas, Qatar, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Biden administration are all working together. This is a geopolitical dynamic of merged interests aligned in common cause against the nation state of Israel. The transparency of a slow-drip hostage release, and the Western media spotlight upon it is predictable.
Everything is being done to stall, impede, slow down and interfere in the Israeli War against Hamas. Within this dynamic, the Brotherhood, Qatar, Hamas and the White House have the same objective. Trust me; Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia can see it very clearly.
First, a reminder of the baseline.
Obama/Biden et al, want a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians. I believe all efforts are underway to exploit the 10/7/23 terrorist attack to advance that agenda. Netanyahu is being carefully painted into a position where the survival of Israel will be contingent upon accepting this two-state solution, which essentially means -in the long picture- the elimination of the Israeli state.
Biden will give the outward face of complete support toward Israel; however, the background work will be to protect Gaza, and thereby Hamas, and controllably expand -if needed- the regional conflict, such that a two-state solution becomes the only viable option for the survival of Israel. Efforts by Hamas, Hezbollah, the Muslim Brotherhood and by extension Iran, will appear to be confronted by Biden, but only insofar as the need for USA military support becomes more important and that dependency paints Netanyahu into a corner.
The nation of Qatar is the financial support system for the Muslim Brotherhood – the political umbrella of extremist (authentic) Islam. The Brotherhood supports Hamas, al-Qaeda, al-Nusra, the Islamic State and all the terrorist affiliates therein. The Brotherhood leadership live in Turkey, under the protection of Recep Erdogan – who wants to recreate the Ottoman Empire. The Hamas leadership live in Qatar, under the protection of Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani. Joe Biden supports the efforts of Erdogan and Thani.
Now, does the 2022 memo pictured left make more sense?
Each of the aforementioned actors, including Obama/Biden and all the U.S. operatives from the State Dept therein, view Israel as the provocateur in the dynamic. The pro-Palestinian progressive movement within the Democrat Party is visibly part of this dynamic. Thus, the alignment of common interests can be expanded to include, leftists, Democrats, Palestinians, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, the Biden Administration and Qatar. The common enemy, Israel.
Once you understand this dynamic, then you are able to see what happens in the background and how it aligns with the interests of the group.
Blunting any effort by the Israelis in the war against Hamas becomes a matter of taking steps that make it more difficult for the international community to support the Israeli side of the war against Hamas. The release of the two American hostages is part of this PR effort.
If hostages can be released/saved, shouldn’t all ‘good faith’ diplomatic efforts to secure the release of the 250 be exhausted before supporting Israels retaliation? See how that works?
That approach dilutes the righteous effort of Israel and starts to put a larger coalition against retaliation into place. Obama/Biden began this dilution process by warning Israel not to be emotionally focused on vengeance during his remarks a few days ago. The same was repeated during his national address.
Jordan’s King Abdullah, Egypt’s President Sisi and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman have all been around the block with U.S. hidden agendas. They can see this play just as clearly as I am outlining it to you now. It is a dangerous game Obama/Biden, Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood are playing. Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia want no part of it.
Biden has made himself irrelevant to the Arab states in the Middle East.
Sundance has it exactly right: Biden/Obama are on the side of Islamic terrorism, Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah, and Qatar. Turkey is on their side as well. Obama and Biden as much as gave all the countries of the Middle East the finger when they empowered Iran with billions and billions of dollars.
Sundance is accurate about what Biden wants.
But we do not yet know if Israel will capitulate to the US. There is a lot of discussion going on in the government and military now in Israel. To accept Biden’s demands is what the Israeli Left wants. There are plenty of people in the military in Israel who are on the left. To refuse Biden’s demands is what the majority of Israelis want.
The majority of Israelis have been against the Two State Solution FOR YEARS now, due to the failure of the Oslo peace process given the Intifadas and mass killings of innocent Israelis by Palestinians in the years since. The only people in Israel who still believe in “peace with the Palestinians” are the leftist elites, some of whom are extremely wealthy, just like here in the US.
What is important to understand is the Israeli leftists think Netanyahu is a bigger threat to Israel than Hamas. Let that sink in.
The reason the Left can’t get elected is that the majority of Israelis see them as disconnected from reality.
Similarly in this country, the Left is totally unhinged in thinking that Trump supporters or Trump are the greatest national security threat.
The majority of Israelis want Hamas defeated completely. That is going to mean also getting rid of the Palestinians in the West Bank who are every bit as genocidal as Hamas and the people of Gaza. They will have to be liberated to find some other place to live and to hate. Israel can no more live next door to them than to Nazi Germany.
Israel has lived long enough with these monsters. Israelis have had it.
So it remains to be seen how much patience the Israeli people have with Biden’s endless demands to wait. If Israel doesn’t enter Gaza, Netanyahu’s government will be in deep trouble.
War in the Middle East is heating up NOT BECAUSE OF ISRAEL but because of the Obama/Biden empowerment of Iran.
Essentially Obama and Biden lit a fuse to the dynamite (Iran) and now they are terrified about the results. The only country they think they can control is Israel.
But Israel knows the US government at this time, is not acting as an ally but as an adversary. The only people in Israel who disagree, are those on the Left, who have admitted publicly they don’t care what happens to Israel as long as they offer peace to the Palestinians. These people are delusional. That’s why they can’t win elections.
Hamas terrorist found with al-Qaeda instruction manual on making a chemical weapon
Israeli President Isaac Herzog revealed the shocking discovery during an interview today.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1826800/hamas-terrorist-al-qaeda-gaza-chemical-weapon
Israel to show Hamas terrorists’ body camera footage to prove atrocities
Video taken by Hamas ‘death squads’ during the October 7 massacre in Israel will be shown to journalists as Tel Aviv counters ‘Holocaust denial-like’ doubts over the atrocities gunmen committed.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1826772/israel-will-show-hamas-attack-body-camera-footage
Israel better not wait on pudding head.
Israel should do what’s best for Team Blue and White.
Bridget Gabriel – a CHRISTIAN- tells her story of how she and her family were nearly murdered by Palestinian “refugees” that Lebanon took in.
Its quite similar to what Hamas did to those poor Jewish people in Israel
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJw5KoWn/
Bibi should have gone in hot and heavy when the world was actually giving him lip service support and called on the US to immediately resupply whatever he needed, calling them out if Biden didn’t acquiesce. Instead he hesitated, lost the opportunity, and has been crippled by the terrorists running America.
A lot more people are going to lose their lives because of his failures. The only question now is which nationalities those people will be.
His army wasn’t prepared for that, it seems. If that’s true, why? And remember Israeli reserves weren’t showing up for duty and pilots weren’t flying for months over internal Israeli political divisions (over that ridiculously dictatorial Israeli Supreme Court reform business). All that has to be behind a lot of what puzzles us.
Zero and the Derp State are surely behind the Leftist intrigue that so weakened Israel and emboldened her enemies.
Bridget Gabriel.
Palestinians in Gaza are mostly HAMAS
I keep saying Israel may have missed their opportunity to destroy Hamas. They should have already started before all these other clowns got involved. He who hesitates…..
Interview with survivor.
Hamas soldiers wore uniforms but there were also Palestinian civilians in blue jeans and sneakers looting, raping and killing Israelis
At 8 mins
Very articulate. Excellent video
Excellent interview, she is so brave and so together after all of that. Thank you Lord for their escape.
Watch Netanyahu get invited to a BRICS meeting…
How many times will we make the same mistakes? They don’t want peaceful coexistence. They are comfortable in their miserable 7th century existence. They have spread all over the world and are insidiously working their plan and we are facilitating their efforts.
Idiot people like George Bush (“All people dream to be free) who know nothing of population genetics, genes/culture and world history think that if only you bring people like Rashida Tlaib to a Western democratic republic, they’ll fall in love with our culture.
NOT!
Religion of Peace. *spit*
Hamas have had 18years to brainwash the population. Now I read they were feeding the frontline with pep drugs. No humanity, never taught morals and ethics.
I wonder if Bibi is missing PTrump about now.
I wonder if Bibi is still glad to work with his old friend Joe
the one he just couldn;t wait to congrats after the election.
ON this, our beloved POTUS should understand the verbal hyperbole of a leader of another nation.
Think about the hyperbole #45 used to talk about Kim of Korea. It drove our allies crazy. He had his reasons.
Bibi is not an American. He is the leader of a nation that had to do business with Biden. Like Trump, he had his reasons.
Any friendship with Trump had to be secondary to protecting the interests of Israel. He could see no way Trump was going to win the argument to challenge the election.
“All the usual suspects.” Benjamin Netanyahu.
You gotta wonder just how low they dropped stockpiles, could slow things up
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/19/pentagon-weapons-stockpiles-israel-ukraine-00122495
The U.S. has launched a new effort to quickly find more precision weapons and artillery shells to rush to Israel as the Middle Eastern country conducts hundreds of strikes a day against Hamas targets in Gaza.
A newly formed team inside the Pentagon has been tasked with scouring U.S. stockpiles, searching for ammunition to resupply Israel as it fires off munitions at a frantic pace, according to three people familiar with the effort.
The group leading the effort comprises officials from across the Pentagon, including the acquisition and policy offices, as well as the armed services. They seek to replicate the efforts of another team of Defense and State Department officials that has been working on military aid for Ukraine, according to the people, one of them an administration official, granted anonymity to speak about internal matters that have not been announced. The existence of the group has not been previously reported.
The new effort is the latest sign of the administration’s urgency when it comes to arming Israel, and also gives an early look at the challenge facing the U.S. as it speeds weapons and equipment for two overseas wars at once.
Probably buying weapons on eBay from China.
War .
Big Stupid Game .
War is Always a Big Stupid Game
in some
Little Men’s Stupid Heads .
Hamas will never agree to a two state solution because it means they will have to recognize Israel as a state and give it security guarantees.
This same solution was negotiated by Bill Clinton and at the last minute, Yasser Arafat backed out of the deal.
“The history of failure in war can almost be summed up in two words: ‘Too late.’ Too late in comprehending the deadly purpose of a potential enemy; too late in realizing the mortal danger; too late in preparedness; too late in uniting all possible forces for resistance, too late in standing with one’s friends. Victory in war results from no mysterious alchemy or wizardry but depends entirely upon the concentration of superior force at the critical points of combat.”
Statement GEN Douglas MacArthur made in 1940, as quoted by James B. Reston in Prelude to Victory (1942), p. 64
Biden is ALWAYS too late. Bibi is about to be.
Biden (cough) Obama are having it too easy. Their hold on America has to stop. Trouble is greed is entrenched by too many politicians and bureaucrats.
Obama and team are choreographing this battle between Israel and Hamas-ridden Palestine plus. The Obama America doesn’t appear to have any strong opposition to their shenanigans. Which country or block of countries could provide this strong essential opposition (without escalating it into WWIII?)
I’m confused. If the Israelis are being pressured to delay their well deserved response to the Hamas attack against them so that the release of hostages can be negotiated, why would Hamas release them at all if the wrath of the IDF will follow the hostages release? Hamas will hold them indefinitely hoping their supporters around the world will cow western politicians into urging Israeli reticence .
Aye, there’s the rub.
What the Derps are selling and what the Israelis get are entirely different animals.
It took years and thousands of prisoners to regain a single Israeli soldier.
Hamas envisions raising the children they stole to be well brainwashed Jew hating Palestinians by the time they might ever released, they may even view them as modern Janissaries, children taken from their enemy to be made enemies of their own parents.
Follow the $$$. Start in the spring of 2014.
Burisma, Metabiota, Yelena Baturina, Qatar Investment Authority/aka Qatar Holdings/aka QIA
RSTP pitches Counsyl to QIA.
QIA: see allegations in lawsuit against James Biden regarding rural hospital “investment”/loan/check to Joe Biden.
QIA led by Al-Thani’s brother, military, US War College guy.
QIA > CITIC (joint venture investments in China) > CEFC Europe bought out by CITIC after a bond scam/bankruptcy.
Complicated financial dealings, but roads appear to lead to Hunter Biden in the small world of Biden Inc.
Bidens’ financially compromised and now leveraged in a war for the Holy Land?
https://bidenlaptopemails.com/biden-emails/email.php?id=20140526-034325_86774
https://bidenlaptopemails.com/biden-emails/email.php?id=20141204-140149_47945
https://bidenlaptopemails.com/biden-emails/email.php?id=20140514-223841_79601
CK: Biden Administration Seeking Delay of Israeli Ground War to Gain More Time for Hamas.
There will be one delay after the other and more excuses. Nobody wants to go into Gaza and fight intense bloody street battles where territory gains are measured in meters, high body counts, and armor is useless.
Just look at the battle for Bakhmut in Ukraine. Months of close quarter battles. 100,000+ casualties for both sides. For a city of only 70,000 pre war population and around 16 square miles in size. Also there were no civilians to get in the way.
Gaza city alone with a pre war population of 650,000 crowded into about the same area as Bakhmut, with Hamas firmly entrenched in tunnels and bunkers and all kinds of weapons and ammo. Would be a bloody nightmare of death for both sides. Also the large remaining civilian population will hardly welcome Israel solders as liberators.
Going back to Ukraine. Russia has been trying since March of 2022 to push UAF out of Avdiivka. A small city of 30.000 pre war, Where UAF are firmly entrenched in tunnels and hardened bunkers. Russia is Using Bunker Busters, Drones, artillery, and missiles and whatever it takes. Russia has made some progress lately. But over a year and a half later, the UAF are still there.
Israel solders are not really trained for Urban warfare and the US has not fought hardcore urban battles since Mosul Iraq. Which took 8 or 9 months to clear out.
Going into hardcore urban warfare learning as you go will be a death sentence for many. I can see why Israel has not eagerly gone in to Gaza with guns blazing. That only happens in the westerns and video games.
To back up my post above. Israel cant even step across the fence without meeting a hail of bullets, RPGs. and ATGM. A few thousand US marines on their way to battle will not make a difference.
Its going to be a Looooong and messy campaign unless Peace negotiations start.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/hezbollah-risks-dragging-lebanon-war-which-will-be-mistake-its-life-netanyahu
Israeli spokesmen on the networks say that they are pausing for their own benefit, not waiting because they are being pressured to do so. Every day, these spokesmen are both less convincing and more aggressive in their “obliterate Hamas” rhetoric.
I deduce that Israel is being restrained for the reasons SD noted, and the spokesmen are becoming increasingly angry about it. Israel knows it needs the USA’s heavy handed support to win if a multi-front conflict erupts, and so does Biden. Hence, Biden has substantial leverage in the decision process.
Based upon nothing but my intuition, the hostage and Gaza humanitarian aid cards will be repeatedly played, the invasion will be delayed indefinitely, and western world opinion will gravitate away from supporting it. The Islamic world will be appeased, the two-state solution will be emphasized, the USA will expend little treasure supporting Israel, and Israel will get…you know.
Or, perhaps Netanyahu will lose his patience and launch the invasion, anticipating that the USA will not sacrifice its credibility if all the hard talk about supporting Israel is not backed up when the bullets fly.
Anything is possible.
Edit for spelling.
Israel has already waited 16 years too long for a Gaza ground invasion
Israel invaded Gaza 3000 years ago. Now Look where they ended up. Back to the past. Only this time there is no David. They have to rely on Joe Biden to slay Goliath.
Israeli news is now claiming the US asked for the delay so that the US military can protect itself from Iran better:
“The US has informed Israel that it intends to send additional American forces to the Middle East, ahead of the expected ground incursion, due to concerns that Iranian attacks against US forces in the area will increase, Galei Zahal [IDF Radio] reported.” – https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/378999
Just heard this morning on Dan Senor’s podcast that the two released hostages were relatives of Martin Fletcher, the former NBC News Mideast correspondent. Michael Oren was a guest on the podcast and said he saw Fletcher blubbering on an interview program begging for their release. Fletcher has long been known for his hostility to Israel and Hamas and their Iranian paymasters obviously saw they risked losing a major propaganda asset if any harm came to these two women, so they release them tout sweet. It also had the added advantage of raising hopes in Israel and the West for further releases, which delays further any Israeli ground incursion into Gaza. See how this works?
The Globalists keep sending ‘dignitaries’ to slow the process by just being there. Hamas Leaders are well gone by now, safe in Qatar or Iran.
Israel, the last person on this planet you should listen to is Biden and the US Congress…..
CNN is reporting the Obama/Biden administration are seeking to delay the Israeli counteroffensive into Gaza in order to gain more time for
hostage negotiations.the “big guys” 10 % 0f 6 billion check to clearHostages are almost always only released after the family pays ransom.
The Christians killed since October 7 number far more than the 200 hostages.
The “Old” Netanyahu who have already destroyed Gaza to a burning ember. Israel has poor odds with this @New” Netanyahu.
I grieve for Israel and I am angry at our stinking Leftist / Marxist Pro Muslim Government.
General Keene was just on Special Report discussing how feckless the Obama/Biden policy towards Iran is.