Biden Needs to Stop Sending US Bombs to Israel
As Israel’s largest military supplier, the US has the power to influence the war in the Gaza Strip. Time to use it.
No more ammo for now.
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If the ceasefire talks fail again and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders the invasion of Rafah, it’ll be his latest of many snubs to US President Joe Biden, who’s explicitly told him to spare that city where so many Gazan refugees are huddling. But what can Biden do about it? At least two things, actually.
The US could stop shielding Israel from global opprobrium in the organs of international law and diplomacy, notably in The Hague and at the United Nations. Or it could signal a halt in US arms shipments to Israel, following the example of Canada. This week the focus will be on those American weapons.