Netanyahu Rejects Biden's Pro-Hamas Pause

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his nation on Friday evening that he had refused the Biden administration’s request for a “pause” in fighting, ostensibly for humanitarian purposes.

Netanyahu recounted that he had met earlier in the day with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and showed him footage of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. (Breitbart News was among the first to review that footage last week in Israel.)

He also said: “I appreciate the consistent support of President Biden, the American administration and the American people.”

He then continued: “I conveyed to him that we are continuing with all our might. Israel refuses a temporary ceasefire that does not include the liberation of our hostages. Israel will not allow fuel into the Gaza Strip, and opposes the transfer of money into the Strip.”

President Joe Biden and the White House have called for a “pause” in fighting, supposedly to allow for humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip and to allow space for Hamas to free some of the 241 hostages it is believed to hold.

However, humanitarian aid continues to enter Gaza from the South, evan as fighting rages in the north, and Hamas has not promised to release hostages if the fighting pauses. Its only offer is to release hostages in exchange for all of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails — including those who carried out the October 7 atrocities.

Biden’s “pause” is likely intended for domestic consumption, as he strives to keep Arab- and Muslim-American voters from bolting in the key swing state of Michigan.

The term “pause” in this context translates poorly into Hebrew, and resembles the word “ceasefire.” Israel had reached a series of ceasefire agreements with Hamas, all of which allowed Hamas to continue to govern Gaza, and all of which Hamas later broke.

A ceasefire would be a huge victory for Hamas — which is why the Biden administration has resisted calls for a ceasefire. In asking for a “pause,” Biden is trying to have it both ways — a lull in the fighting, without formally surrendering to Hamas. However, even a pause in fighting would create diplomatic pressure on Israel not to start again, and would allow Hamas terrorists to regroup.

Biden has dementia. I don't know if he recalls that Hamas terrorists slaughtered 1,400 innocent people in Israel on October 7.

Biden's handlers pull the strings, but this is the Biden presidency. Responsibility for decisions are on Biden even though he's too cognitively incapcitated to even exit a stage or hand out Halloween candy.

That said, Biden doesn't care about the human suffering Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and its proxies are causing. He cares about power. Decisions are made based on keeping the Democrats/Marxists/Leftists in power to enrich themselves.

Biden is undermining Israel when he calls for a pause. The Biden Regime is fully aware of this.