{"id":6820,"date":"2024-11-15T22:46:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T19:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.hamsonews.com\/us-shifts-gears-from-charm-offensive-to-open-support-for-israeli-occupation\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T22:46:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T19:16:27","slug":"us-shifts-gears-from-charm-offensive-to-open-support-for-israeli-occupation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/us-shifts-gears-from-charm-offensive-to-open-support-for-israeli-occupation\/","title":{"rendered":"US shifts gears: From charm offensive to open support\u00a0for Israeli occupation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.hamsonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/5249705.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p class=\"summary\">TEHRAN &#8211; The United States has pulled no punches in supporting Israel despite the heinous crimes perpetrated by the regime over the past decades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">All US presidents, regardless of their affiliation with the Democratic or Republican parties, have unequivocally backed Israel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">However, they have employed different tactics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Since the start of the Gaza war on October 7, 2023, President Joe Biden has provided Israel with unwavering political and military support.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">His administration blocked several efforts at the United Nations Security Council aimed at establishing a ceasefire in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p><cite class=\"quote-t7\"><strong>Donald Trump\u2019s pick for ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, doubled down on his position that there is \u201cno such thing\u201d as the occupied West Bank, referring to the Palestinian territory as the \u201cpromised land\u201d and \u201cJudea and Samaria\u201d.<\/strong><\/cite>The White House has also allocated $17.9 billion in military assistance to Israel, marking a historic expenditure more than a year into the conflict in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Washington\u2019s staunch support for the regime of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has caused a huge outcry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">To appease domestic opposition, the Biden administration has made critical remarks of Israel\u2019s brutal war on Gaza which has so far killed more than 43,700 Palestinians in the enclave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">More than a month ago, the Biden administration also set a deadline for Israel to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The 30-day deadline lapsed on Tuesday; however, the White House announced that it will not impose restrictions on arms transfers to Israel, contrary to its previous threats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">This is while Israel has obstructed the delivery of essentials such as food to northern Gaza. Experts have warned the United Nations Security Council that famine is &#8220;occurring or imminent&#8221; in parts of northern Gaza.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The United States under the leadership of a Democratic president has used political ploys to shift focus away from its involvement in Israel\u2019s brutalities in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Trump tactic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">But President-elect Donald Trump is revealing the true face of the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Huckabee was the governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He ran twice for the Republican presidential nomination, in 2008 and 2016.\u00a0During that time, he claimed, \u201cThere\u2019s really no such thing as a Palestinian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Huckabee\u2019s positions clearly indicate that under the presidency of Trump, the United States will not mince words when supporting Israel\u2019s fascist and apartheid ideology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Biden has thrown his full weight behind Israel\u2019s savageries while launching a charm offensive towards Palestinians. But Trump has taken a more overt approach in his backing for the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">His pick for ambassador to Israel has publicly acknowledged Washington\u2019s support for the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Speaking to Israeli media, Mike Huckabee doubled down on his position that there is \u201cno such thing\u201d as the occupied West Bank, instead referring to the Palestinian territory as the \u201cpromised land\u201d and \u201cJudea and Samaria\u201d. It is the biblical term often employed by right-wing Israelis to refer to the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">He added, \u201cIt is a land that is \u2018occupied\u2019 by the people who have had a rightful deed to the place for 3,500 years, since the time of Abraham.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Huckabee, who has been an outspoken advocate for Israel\u2019s annexation of the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, vowed to continue to use his preferred \u201cnomenclature unless I\u2019m instructed otherwise\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Huckabee has also\u00a0advocated\u00a0for the forcible displacement of Palestinians during Israel\u2019s war on Gaza.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">\u201cIf the so-called Palestinians are so loved by the Muslim nations of the world, why won\u2019t any of those nations at least offer to give temporary refuge to their brothers and sisters in Gaza,\u201d Huckabee said in October last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Huckabee is the first non-Jewish American to be named ambassador to Israel in almost two decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/506308\/US-shifts-gears-From-charm-offensive-to-open-support-for-Israeli\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN &#8211; The United States has pulled no punches in supporting Israel despite the heinous crimes perpetrated by the regime over the past decades. All US presidents, regardless of their affiliation with the Democratic or Republican parties, have unequivocally backed Israel. However, they have employed different tactics. 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