Newly appointed Defense Minister Yisrael Katz spoke with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for the first time on Friday, during which the latter conveyed a sharp message regarding aid to Gaza, Channel 12 News reported on Motzei Shabbos.
According to the report, Austin issued an ultimatum to the new Defense Minister, stating that Israel needs to significantly increase humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
Austin threatened that if Israel doesn’t increase aid to the “innocent” Gazan civilians, the U.S. will limit arms shipments to Israel.
Katz responded by clarifying that Israel wishes to increase aid but Hamas repeatedly steals it and sells it for high prices. Since Israel wants to ensure that the aid is reaching the local population—without intermediaries—it is working with Arab countries to facilitate this.
The Biden administration has insisted on repeatedly forcing Israel to feed its enemy, despite its awareness that Hamas steals the humanitarian aid, with its own efforts to provide aid ending in a colossal failure and even the death of one of its soldiers.
(YWN’s Jerusalem desk is keeping you updated after tzeis ha’Shabbos in Israel)
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It’s only beginning! Oy vey! Harris wants to leave her role as veep going down in history as a deep enemy of real values. Her predecessor, the honorable Mike Pence sadi that during his service in the US Senate, she was always way over to far left. This will prove that.
It’s Biden’s way to say good bye…
Another 2 months and we are rid of these Democrate thugs. We love to see them go.
Stupid Americans (and, yes, I am an American) never use their heads. There are practically no innocent people in Gaza, if there are any at all. Why keep throwing more and more “aid” for Hamas to steal? Has there been even one starving person in Gaza since October 7, 2023? Even the “Gazan Health Ministry” aka Hamas, has not yet mentioned a single person dying of starvation. So why keep throwing money at our enemies?! Ah, so we can placate the far left of the Democratic party!
If Katz was smart he would stop all aid until all hostages are safely back and if they harm the hostages then no aid should be allowed and a full destruction of Gaza should be in place
The Biden administration is over!!!
If Israel gets strict with terrorists now, it’s likely the Trump administration will go along with it, if they are weak US will follow the weak policy
He’s getting fired in ten weeks. The quid pro quo for American aid to Israel was an American veto over Israeli actions. Israel can safely ignore the restrictions (against destroying the Iran nuclear program, oil industry and weapons industry) IF it is strong enough to hold out until January.
Does Austin just hate jews or is he just dumb and can’t read the facts that everyone reports concerning what hamas does with all the hundreds of aid trucks that come into Gaza!!!!????
This is a lowlife who was AWOL for 4-5 days and did not have the decency to tell his boss, Biden, where he was.
All Israel has to do is wait two months for the most pro Israel president to take office
It’s absolutely ridiculous that the US is portraying itself as the ‘upholder of morality’ without whom Israel would act to simply starve innocent people – come on!! Where is Israel’s forceful public rebuttal of this sick narrative?? Israel should be screaming out the reason for its non-compliance and shaming the Biden administration for ITS twisted perversion of reality!!!
How can the US administration be so stupid to demand that Israel feed and supply their sworn enemy Hamas. Hamas is stealing the aid, so why should Israel give it to them. Biden and his administration are at best, naive.
This bum went AWOL for four days and did not tell even the sleepy Joe where he was. This guy is another useless person in DC like so many others that are fortunately packing their bags.
austin is another woke. just ignore him.