Israel has a significant dependence on the United States for its ability to wage war. But you wouldn’t know it by how America is acting.
At least 30,000 people have been killed so far, famine is on Gaza’s doorstep and children are dying of hunger. And yet, the U.S. government continues to rely on persuasion to urge Israel’s government to change course. This strategy has failed dramatically.
The U.S. government urged Israel to avoid a large ground invasion early on. Israel launched it anyway. It urged Israel not to carpet-bomb the south as it did in the north. It did anyway. The U.S. military urged Israel to use smaller, more precise weapons in Gaza’s dense urban areas. Israel’s military continued to drop unguided 2000-pound bombs anyway. The United States urged Israel not to conduct raids on hospitals. It did anyway.
The Biden administration has stepped up its public criticism of Netanyahu’s government. On Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered the strongest words yet. “People in Gaza are starving,” she said. “The Israeli government must do more to significantly increase the flow of aid. No excuses.” The U.S. response was to airdrop about 38,000 meals into Gaza on March 2 and again on March 5 — each an expensive and dangerous venture amounting to less than the contents of one full truck by some estimates. It was little more than a gesture to make conflicted senior officials feel better about the role they are playing in America’s continued faux helplessness.of military aid by far, to the tune of about $4 billion a year. It has received more than $300 billion in U.S.
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