The Biden regime is expected to announce sanctions against IDF unit for human rights abuses. This is a punishing break with our most devoted and stalwart ally, all while continuing to fund Iran, the world’s largest state sponsor of terror and it’s vicious jihad proxies in Gaza (Hamas), Syria and Lebanon (Hezb’Allah) and Judea, Samaria (‘Palestinian’ jihad) in their genocidal jihad against the tiny Jewish nation.
It beggars belief, too gruesome to contemplate. The United States of America is rewarding savage jihad terrorists unimaginable bounty for the most unspeakable massacre and monstrous atrocities against the Jewish people since the Holocaust.
The message the Biden regime is sending to jihad terrorists is clear. We will break with and punish our allies and you will reap untold wealth and legitimacy for the most monstrous brutality and obscene savagery against the Jewish people.
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Benjamin Netanyahu:
Sanctions must not be imposed on the Israel Defense Forces!
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In recent weeks, I have been working against the imposition of sanctions on Israeli citizens, including in my conversations with senior American government officials.
At a time when our soldiers are fighting the monsters of terror, the intention to impose a sanction on a unit in the IDF is the height of absurdity and a moral low.
The government headed by me will act by all means against these moves.
A US move to sanction Netzah Yehuda will be a move to sanction the IDF. It will be an open breach of relations with Israel and Israel should respond in kind. If the unit is sanctioned, Israel should -Ban all US embassy personnel from entering Judea and Samaria. -Ban the… https://t.co/P9XNI4b6ru
Political gift for Bibi. And a dangerous precedent when the United States starts sanctioning military units of its democratic allies who are completely capable of doing their own internal investigations. https://t.co/uOBbsHcniM
The brigade has been deployed for months along the northern border. This IDF brigade is being sanctioned because they’re Orthodox Jews. Radical anti-religious activists in Israel to whom Blinken listens oppose their being drafted. This is antisemitic. Blinken must resign. https://t.co/2uOKI26K4T
The US is expected to announce sanctions against IDF unit for human rights abuses
The IDF unit operates in the West Bank and is mainly composed of haredi men and extremist youth who hold-far right views, and were not included in other combat units in the IDF.
By Baral Rabid, Jerusalem Post, April 20, 2024:
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to announce sanctions against the IDF’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion in the next few days, according to three American sources.
The sanctions are a result of human rights violations against Palestinians in the West Bank.
This will be the first time that the United States government has imposed sanctions on an Israeli military unit for its activities in the West Bank.
The sources stated that the American sanctions will prohibit the transfer of US military aid to the Netzah Yehuda Battalion, will prevent its soldiers and officers from taking part in training with the United States military, and will prevent the soldiers from this unit from participating in activities that receive American funding.
The sanctions are based on a 1997 law by former Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, which prohibits the United States from providing military aid or training to security forces, the military, or the police when there is reliable information about human rights abuses.
A senior US administration official told Walla! that Blinken’s decision is based on incidents that occurred before October 7 and occurred only in the West Bank.
This was the only unit Blinken decided to sanction
One of the sources stated that Blinken decided not to impose sanctions on several additional units in the IDF and the Israel Police that were also under investigation because they had corrected their conduct.
On Thursday, the American investigative website ProPublica reported that a special committee of the American State Department, which investigated allegations of human rights violations in the West Bank, forwarded recommendations a few months ago to Blinken to impose sanctions on several units of the IDF and the Israel Police and to prevent them from receiving American funding.
At a press conference in Italy on Friday, Blinken was asked about these recommendations, and claimed that he had made a decision on the matter and that an announcement about it would be made in the coming days.
Israeli officials condemn sanctions
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed outrage at the reported intention to sanction the unit, writing on X that “sanctions must not be imposed on the IDF!”
Netanyahu added that in recent weeks he’s been working against the imposition of sanctions on Israeli citizens.
“At a time when our soldiers are fighting the monsters of terror, the intention to impose a sanction on a unit in the IDF is the height of absurdity and a moral low,” wrote Netanyahu. “The government headed by me will act by all means against these moves.”
The Netzah Yehuda Battalion was originally established as a special military unit for haredim (ultra-orthodox), in which all of the soldiers and officers were men.
On 7 October, Hamas crossed the Gaza border in divisional strength. I’m going to use military jargon as this was not a rag-tag rabble. The numbers of trained and organised Hamas fighters were more than double the number of personnel the British sent to retake the Falklands in… pic.twitter.com/JRwKLwDYXF
Here is a video of just some of the munitions carried by Hamas that day. All were found within Israel’s borders, not subsequently in Gaza. Anti-tank mines and missiles. Home-made adapted thermobaric weapons for RPG-7s: these were used to burn Israeli civilians’ homes, along with… pic.twitter.com/446KjoasMr
There was an impressive level of logistics. Hamas brought comprehensive med packs with them. Very quickly, cab ranks of empty vehicles lined up outside homesteads ready to receive hostages.
The attack had been preceded by years of deception to persuade Israel that Islamic…
On 6 October, Be’eri was a kibbutz of some 1,200 inhabitants, some 5km from the Gaza border. It is now a ruined shell. Over 130 Israelis were murdered there, with many more taken hostage.
The first thing Hamas fighters did after breaching Be’eri’s gates was to scale buildings… pic.twitter.com/YHcWxe40rU
This is the home of David Karol. He was a cancer survivor in his 70s. He was tortured and murdered. We know he was tortured because his neighbours heard his screams. His attackers then torched his house. This small pile is all that was left of his belongings. 6/ pic.twitter.com/ehWaZNCSAN
This man was my guide in Be’eri. I have covered his face. He is stood next to a photo in memorial of his brother and four others.
His brother was part of the local security force. He died guarding the key road junction next to the medical centre and the kindergarten (second… pic.twitter.com/coYz82OYMq
My guide’s matter-of-fact stoicism was humbling. His words stayed with me as he spoke of the view of the survivors. In a left-wing, collectivist, peace-supporting settlement: “People don’t believe in peace anymore”. It’s not that they don’t want peace: they have lost hope in it.… pic.twitter.com/xFOpOA7KRO
The soot stills hangs in the air. The scent feels dirty. A sensory accusation of grief tourism. Visiting feels like an intrusion, an imposition, a violation of privacy. I apologised to my guide for being there. I had to remind myself I was not there to drink from their font of… pic.twitter.com/IVeLMrxerp
This is the memorial at the site of the Nova festival. Hamas’ intelligence was not perfect. They didn’t expect the festival. The organisers had unexpectedly extended it by a day. There is a theory that the easy target of the festival distracted Hamas fighters from a deeper… pic.twitter.com/dprjnWF3bY
The Nova site and Hostage Square in Tel Aviv (second photo) are the most tangible public reminders of Israeli pain. The national trauma of 7th October is a bleeding wound in a deeply interconnected and familial society. Almost everyone in Israel is no more than two degrees of… pic.twitter.com/orqUwVugar
The massacre took place on a national holiday. The IDF was stood down and dispersed. The initial response fell upon the Community Security Teams. Their weapons were kept in central armouries. Hamas reconnaissance knew this. Too often, these teams were ambushed by their armouries… pic.twitter.com/OMMRIMzfXZ
I heard remarkable tales of heroism. I met Menachem. He lives 75km away from Be’eri. He and his brother Elhanan heard of the attacks, donned uniforms and weapons, and drove south. They reached Be’eri and spent the night independently running missions into the kibbutz to rescue…
I met Daniel Sharabi. He and his brother, partygoers at Nova and IDF reservists, climbed onto a tank and manned the empty gun, saving the lives of many festival goers. You can see their story here.https://t.co/nrzQgClGXO
7th October 2003 was the worst slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust and the worst ever terror attack on Israeli soil. Hamas trained, reconnoitred, planned, and deployed a heavily armed irregular division: more troops than the British Army initially sent to pacify the whole of… pic.twitter.com/YXT2kZEaZL
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What makes Sammy run?… or the IDF fight… what does Sun Tzu say… “Throw your soldiers into positions whence there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight. If they will face death, there is nothing they may not achieve. Officers and men alike will put forth their uttermost strength. Soldiers in desperate straits lose the sense of fear. If there is no place of refuge, they will stand firm. If they are in the heart of a hostile country, they will show a stubborn front. If there is no help for it, they will fight hard. Thus, without waiting to be marshaled, the soldiers will be constantly on the alert, and without waiting to be asked, they will do your will; without restrictions, they will be faithful; without giving orders, they can be trusted.
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garry pollack
12 days ago
What does Torah say… genisis 12:3
“I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” keep it up USA… U R already headed for the fate of Hitler’s Germany—if U do not change course—Not me—HaShem!!!
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garry pollack
12 days ago
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for ALL! people: ALL! that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, EVEN though ALL! the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
Zech 12:3
vinnynewyork
12 days ago
a very very sick looking “ménage à trois” .. or was it Misery loves company”.. or perhaps.. “Show me your friends, and I will tell you who you are.” No longer surprised that true Americans do not go to the White Hose (or to Delaware) to tell Bidenz that his time as Prez is up! … the damage goes on.
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Laddyboy
12 days ago
IF the title is TRUE, than pReasident Soetoro-0bama and biden have gone totally ROUGH!! Thus, this ENTIRE current ILLEGALLY INSTALLED FRAUDULENT REGIME MUST BE REMOVED! America MUST be saved!
Snowedin
12 days ago
CCP owned bidet, the progressive, demoncrap, commies and the RINOs, must now all be members of CAIR.
Hurtingangel
12 days ago
America is being run by monsters! Those who curse Israel will be cursed.
Day by day
12 days ago
USA, Russia, China, EU along with Iran and
Islamic terrorists are fighting for the destruction of Israel .
Since the 50s of the last century, Russia has generously supported Israel’s enemies in the Near and Middle East with weapons and money.
Russia continues the same policy in this century.
Russia supported Hamas after the horrific October 7 atrocities.
Russia supported Iran’s recent large-scale attack on Israel.
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Cassandra
12 days ago
Gantz is a creepy traitor he has worked against the current government to appease his US masters. I watched a utube video where he is chatting with a fellow army personnel, he called Abbas his friend, he calls him President. It is the most sickening thing you could hear.
Caroline Glick is correct, but there are other US departments in Jerusalem who are actively working against Israel: they should all be evicted. B”H
Zeus
12 days ago
The ruling class sets up one slaughter after another, one war after another, and smears our name in every conceivable way. They’ve used every possible bloody foreign distraction to keep us from seeing what they’re doing to us here.
He’s just a puppet.
And Obama is not the CEO.
But there is no doubt that there is a certain group that has a decisive influence on the strategy of American politics.
But they are most likely invulnerable.
Jake Sullivan is Hussein’s puppet that is running the US government.
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bluetick
12 days ago
And yet the massively hypocritical US bestows billions of dollars on the Ukraine’s forces including their unabashedly Nazi Azov Brigade. Not to mention the Jews in this country waving Uke flags in support of a country that still honors the very same people that committed genocide against them during WWII.
Stephen Honig
12 days ago
The unholy three wants Israel destroyed. I never in my life and in our history with Israel have we ever had an evil POTUS. I truly believe Biden is evil. October 7, was started by Biden aka Satan or one of his demons. I am enraged! Any Jew who would vote for Biden is a political moron or a self hating Jew.
Anybody who would consider voting for Biden again, regardless of religious faith, is unforgiveably evil, as much if not more so than those currently in power.
Robert L. Kahlcke
12 days ago
DEATH TO HAMAS,
DEATH TO IRAN.
God Bless Israel.
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PatD
12 days ago
FJB LGB!!!!! So sick of this criminal administration and the idiot oxygen thieving POS criminal obiden!!!!
Stephen Honig
11 days ago
The scumbag Biden and Blinken no better to sell Israel out.
BobV
11 days ago
The actions of this illegitimate, depraved banana republic do not represent the will of the American people. I have little doubt the hate the world holds towards Americans is justified; but the Americans responsible for the chaos are the large minority of WEF sycophants, democrat morons, deviant reprobates and the 1% elite overlords. The large majority of Americans hate the deep state and government lobbies more than the rest of the globe does and by a long shot. If the vermin would show their faces in public, they wouldn’t survive long.
Walter Sieruk
11 days ago
That disingenuous double-speaking hypocritical lar ,Joe Biden had this week said that “America’s support for Israel is iron clad.” Then Biden attempts in impose sanctions against the Israel Defense Force, all the while he strives to have sanctions lifted from that Hostile Islamic regime of Iran which even viciously launch deadly missiles and drones into Israel starting on April 14. 2024.
Before those most recent attacks by Iran, that brutal cruel and murderous jihad entity , Hamas, which is funded and supplied with weapons by Iran had invaded the State of Israel on October 7.2023.
At this current time, that villain, Biden, wants sanctions against the much needed IDF. Therefore, it’s no wonder that Benjamin Franklin Netanyahu declared those US sanctions against the IDF an “absurdity” and a “moral low.”
Furthermore, the IDF is very much needed and necessary. Prime Minister Benjamin was not only right, for he also spoke the sensible thing to do when he declared, “No force in the world will stop us from elimination Hamas.”
For Hamas is a dangerous and deadly plague for all Jewish people and the State of Israel and as some people don’t seem to realize that vicious and vile jihad entity also dangerous to America and all the other Western countries.
Furthermore, Hamas hates the Jewish people with a spiteful passion, which also carries over to the same detestable and deadly malice for Christians. As is the saying in the Middle East among jihad-minded Muslims, it’s “First comes Saturday then comes Sunday” Meaning “First kill all the Jews and then kill all the Christians.”
To think about it , the many Muslims propagandists who live in the United States keep telling the Americans as well as other Westerner that “Islam respects Jews and Christians as “People of the Book. “ Those words ,of course, mean the Bible.
In reality ,many Muslims in the Middle East and elsewhere engage in severs persecution Christians and Jews Therefore , those words spoken by the Muslim apologists for Islam are disingenuous and empty words.
The persecution of who aren’t officially “People of the book” would be horrendously cruel and murderous. towards Hindus and Buddhists as well as people of other religions who Muslim view a “pagan.”
Walter Sieruk
11 days ago
That fiendish villain Joe Biden, had ,indeed, totally abandoned Israel , likewise he betrayed her. Biden even has the diabolical gall to attempt to impose sanctions on the Israel Defense Force all the while he’s providing that aggressive Israel and America hating hostile Islamic regime of Iran, which supports Hamas, with billions of dollars and then he wants to send Iran even more money Before this betrayal of the State of Israel and the United States ,Biden allowed that Islamic tyranny that to obtain billons of dollars . How terribly wicked of Biden .For that belligerent ”mullah regime” of Iran calls Israel “The little Satan and the US “The great Satan.”
We may be sure that either in a direct way or an indirect way will use that money to advance its nuclear weapons program and further its stooge terror/murder jihad organizations which are Hamas, Hezbollah , Islamic Jihad.
Some Westerners might find in a bit interesting that Ayatollah Khamenei as well as the other ayatollahs and mullahs who have so much terrible power in Iran , don’t ever engage in any shootings and bombings , they just have their useful idiots who are the Muslim terrorists those three horrendous jihad entities to the dirty work of murdering of people for them as their tools.
Some of that vast amount of money Biden those in power in Iran to obtain will , without doubt , also be given in support to further found Hamas and also Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad.
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