It’s just a fact that Biden has made this country less safe as president. Now he’s trying to burn it all down before November.
Because the White House betrayed a crucial military ally and no one knows what comes next.
If you took the time to list every single one of Biden’s failures and missteps during his presidency, you could fill a book.
One place he has particularly destroyed is world peace.
It started when he led a full-scale retreat from Afghanistan that left Americans dead, Afghanis dead, and the country in the hands of the Taliban.
Things only got worse as he has sent hundreds of billions of dollars overseas to Ukraine in a war that they are losing.
China, ever emboldened by our complacence, does anything it wants to do in the South China Sea or over our airspace.
And now Israel is fighting a bloody war against terrorists in their homeland, and Biden is giving them the cold shoulder and accusing them of something heinous.
The United States found five units of the Israel Defense Forces responsible “for individual incidents of gross violations of human rights,” the State Department announced on Monday – though whether funding to the American ally could be cut over such abuses under the so-called “Leahy Laws” remains unclear.
At a press briefing, State Department chief deputy spokesman Vedant Patel informed reporters that the human rights crimes occurred before Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, and that none occurred in Gaza.
Four of the units have been “effectively remediated,” he said, while the U.S. is still “in consultations and engagements with the government of Israel” on the fifth.
“They have submitted additional information as it pertains to that unit. And we’re continuing to have those conversations consistent with the memorandum of understanding that we have with the government of Israel that was entered into in 2021,” he said.
“When conclusions are made under actions that fall under the auspices of the Foreign Assistance Act, we are required to consult with officials from the government of Israel, and that is ongoing. We are engaging with them in a process, and we will make an ultimate decision when it comes to that unit when that process is complete.”
He went on to say that “the remediation standard is consistent and it is the same for all countries.”
When asked by a reporter, Patel agreed that the fifth unit is still qualified to receive U.S. armaments at this time.
“When we’re talking about the Leahy Law, what we are talking about our unit and component restrictions, when they are found in violation, it is not have bearing on the broader security relationship that we may have with a country, especially a country like Israel, in which we have a longstanding security relationship. The provision of bulk assistance that’s gone back many, many years,” Patel added.
A senior State Department official told Fox News that Secretary of State Antony Blinken has discussed the situation with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
According to the State Department’s official website, “the term ‘Leahy law’ refers to two statutory provisions prohibiting the U.S. Government from using funds for assistance to units of foreign security forces where there is credible information implicating that unit in the commission of gross violations of human rights.”
Former Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy championed legislation that became the Leahy law in the 1990s, claiming that the United States needed a weapon to prevent American military aid and training from reaching foreign security units responsible for extrajudicial k*llings, r*pes, torture, and other flagrant human rights violations.
If the State Department discovers reliable proof that a military unit has committed severe violations, the law mandates that funding be pulled off immediately. A second Leahy statute mandates the same for Defense Department training of a foreign military.
According to the Associated Press, rights groups have long accused U.S. administrations, including Biden’s, of avoiding thorough investigations into allegations of Israeli military killings and other abuses against Palestinians in order to avoid invoking laws aimed at requiring foreign forces to behave lawfully when providing military aid.
Meanwhile, Israel claims that its security forces investigate violations and that its courts hold those responsible accountable.
According to sources, Israeli authorities are becoming increasingly apprehensive that the International Criminal Court could soon issue arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials on charges relating to the Gaza war.
As reported by The New York Times, Israeli and foreign officials say the court may accuse top government officials of taking an overly harsh military response to Hamas’ attacks on Israel on October 7 and blocking the supply of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
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