Politico: If Rafah is attacked, Biden will consider revising aid to Israel

The Politico website reported on Wednesday morning, citing four American officials, that if Israel carries out its plan to launch a massive attack on Rafah in the Gaza Strip, US President Joe Biden The United States will consider making military aid to this regime conditional.

The revelation of Biden’s intention to make such a decision shows the severe darkness in the relationship between the US President and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has rejected the US requests to curb his actions in the Gaza war.

Four US officials, who asked not to be named, said Biden has not yet made a decision on whether to limit arms transfers to Israel, but if the regime begins new operations that put Palestinian civilians at greater risk, the US president may. to make such a decision.

One of these officials said: This is something that Biden has definitely thought about.

Biden has made contradictory statements about attacking Rafah and limiting arms sales to Israel. He said last year that the proposal to make military aid to Israel conditional “is worth thinking about.”

But he stated in an interview this week that he will continue to send weapons to Israel, while saying that the killing of civilians in Gaza is his “red line”.

Adrienne Watson, spokesperson for the US National Security Council, told Politico in a statement about the possibility of making military aid to Israel conditional: “We do not intend to comment on the speculations of anonymous sources or add anything to the president’s statements this week.”

Source: IRNA