Democrat President Joe Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been captured expressing reservations about Israel’s military campaign in a leaked audio recording.
Publicly, Biden and his administration have maintained unwavering support for Israel in its military operations against Hamas terrorists in Gaza, a response to the heinous October 7 terrorist attacks on predominantly civilian Israelis.
However, leaked audio suggests a different perspective in private.
In the recording, Blinken is heard urging Israeli officials to adjust their tactics and war plans. He indicates concerns that Israel lacks the necessary “credit” to fully eradicate Hamas and warns that time is running out to do so, as reported by Breitbart.
These leaked remarks raise questions about whether the Biden administration is wavering in its commitment to fully support Israel’s justified response to Hamas. The leaked audio suggests a shift towards considering radical demands for an immediate ceasefire and the cessation of Israeli hostilities and “occupation” of Gaza by anti-Israel and anti-Semitic leftist activists and government staffers.
According to The Times of Israel, a local Israeli media outlet obtained the leaked audio from a meeting on Thursday between Secretary Blinken and key members of Israel’s war cabinet, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Israel Defense Force Chief Herzi Halevi, among others.
“You can’t operate in southern Gaza in the way you did in the north,” Blinken reportedly said.
“There are two million Palestinians there.
“You need to evacuate fewer people from their homes, be more accurate in the attacks, not hit U.N. facilities, and ensure that there are enough protected areas [for civilians].
“And if not? Then not to attack where there is a civilian population.
“What is your system of operation?”
Chief Halevi replied, “We follow a number of principles — proportionality, distinction, and the laws of war.
“There were instances where we attacked on the basis of those principles, and instances where we decided not to attack because we waited for a better opportunity.”
“The entire Israeli society is united behind the goal of dismantling Hamas, even if it takes months,” Minister Gallant added, but Blinken then interjected, “I don’t think you have the credit for that.”
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“I think Sec. Blinken’s meeting in Israel yesterday, where he told Israel that they didn’t have the ‘credit’ they needed to destroy Hamas followed by that rather disastrous press conference in which — I don’t even know how to frame it other than it was a complete and utter message to Hamas that we’re going to pull the rug out of Israel, do what you will — I think yesterday will go down as one of the worst diplomatic face plants in history,” Hewitt said.
.@hughhewitt says, “Secretary Blinken’s meeting in Israel yesterday where he told Israel that they didn’t have the credit … needed to destroy Hamas followed by that rather disastrous press conference … will go down as one of the worst diplomatic face plants in history.” pic.twitter.com/kttrGYR1Tm
— Washington Post Live (@PostLive) December 1, 2023
Who the hell does this Iran-loving, Hamas-appeasing buffoon of a secretary of state think he is?https://t.co/BZaNN9caNK
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) November 30, 2023
Blinken is an embarrassment to the USA and an existential threat to the state of Israel!
Surrender: Blinken Tells Israel It Lacks ‘Credit’ to Defeat Hamas https://t.co/UxJwalyHsB
— Lou Dobbs (@LouDobbs) December 1, 2023