According to a new report from the Washington Free Beacon, the Biden Administration has been coordinating since as far back as early 2022 with an anti-Israel group called DAWN, with the purpose of isolating Jewish Israelis who live in the West Bank, an area that is home to more than 500,000 Israelis and 3 million Palestinians, with an additional 220,000 Israelis living in East Jerusalem, a place Palestinians claim as the capital of their state. Israel annexed East Jerusalem and controls it under Israeli law.
Internal government emails reveal the collusion between Arab World Now (DAWN) and both the State Department and Defense Department. The group has lobbied the Biden Administration to cut military aid to Israel. On Sunday, Axios reported that the Biden Administration has, indeed, cut off shipments of ammunition to Israel, the first time since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that the United States has halted a shipment for the Israeli military, which is fighting for the release of hostages by the terrorist organization Hamas.
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Read the Axios report at this link.
“DAWN is leveraging its clout with the Biden administration to push fresh sanctions on Israeli military units for alleged human rights crimes, having provided the State Department with a list of Israelis to punish. DAWN’s anti-Israel lobbying campaign traces back to at least 2022, with the internal government emails shining new light on the level of access and influence it peddles inside the Biden administration,” the Free Beacon reported.
Hamas fighters killed four Israeli soldiers at a military checkpoint at Kerem Shalom crossing over the weekend. Israel has told Hamas to evacuate Rafah, a sign that a ground operation may be imminent.
“Hamas is aware that Israel has withdrawn from most of Gaza and that Hamas has achieved many of its war aims, basically getting an Israeli withdrawal from most areas and a kind of de facto ceasefire in some areas,” the Jerusalem Post reported Monday.
“However, Hamas regrouped quickly in northern Gaza in February and March. It also has regrouped in other areas. It has re-established some capabilities to fire rockets, often working with other terror groups in Gaza. This is not to say it has the extensive capabilities to manufacture long-range rockets and fire large barrages. However, it continued reference to the 114mm rocket, which is relatively short range, is a reference to a continued capability to position its munitions and projectiles around Gaza. It has also used these munitions to target the Netzarim corridor in central Gaza,” the Jerusalem Post reported. Netzarim is an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip about 3 miles southwest of Gaza City.
Although President Joe Biden signed an appropriation for $26 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Israel last week, he is now is balking at sending munitions.
