{"id":5037,"date":"2024-05-10T13:59:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T13:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/2024\/05\/10\/u-s-opposed-to-rafah-invasion-but-unable-to-stop-israel\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T09:32:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T09:32:42","slug":"u-s-opposed-to-rafah-invasion-but-unable-to-stop-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/2024\/05\/10\/u-s-opposed-to-rafah-invasion-but-unable-to-stop-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. OPPOSED TO RAFAH INVASION BUT &#8220;UNABLE&#8221; TO STOP ISRAEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C6ylZ_noW62\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\"background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;margin: 1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px);width:calc(100% - 2px)\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C6ylZ_noW62\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\"background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C6ylZ_noW62\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\"color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Daizy Gedeon (@daizygedeon)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap is-cnvs-dropcap-bordered\">US State Department spokesperson, Matthew Miller, said the US is \u201copposed to\u201d an invasion of Rafah one day after US President Joe Biden said that he would suspend offensive weapons transfers to Israel if it launches a full-scale invasion of Rafah in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s not sufficient infrastructure in Khan Younis or elsewhere in Gaza for the people\u201d that were displaced to Rafah to go to.<\/p>\n<p>Miller was asked why the US doesn&#8217;t tell Israel to just STOP to which he said the US has but somewhat indicated the US is &#8220;unable&#8221; to stop Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The US is the ONLY power with the leverage to stop Israel. It can:<br \/>\nSTOP SENDING WEAPONS.<br \/>\nSTOP PROVIDING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AID.<br \/>\nSTOP SHARING TECHNOLOGY.<br \/>\nSTOP SUPPORTING THE IRON DOME.<\/p>\n<p>CUT OFF DIPLOMATIC TIES.<br \/>\nIMPOSE SANCTIONS.<br \/>\nSUPPORT THE ICJ CASE FOR GENOCIDE AGAINST ISRAEL.<br \/>\nSUPPORT AND IMPOSE THE ISSUANCE OF ARREST WARRANTS AGAINST NETANYAHU AND HIS MOB<\/p>\n<p>NEED I GO ON AMERICA?<\/p>\n<p>@middleeasteye<\/p>\n<p>If you advocate for TRUTH &amp; JUSTICE, SHARE to spread the knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>#ICJJustice #ceasefirenow #FreePalestine #Interfaith #StandWithUs #Truth #Palestine #Gaza #Humanrights #Israel #\u0641\u0644\u0633\u0637\u064a\u0646 #\u0627\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0626\u06cc\u0644 #\u063a\u0632\u0629 #harvardstudent #oxforduni #england #bds\n<\/p>\n<p>English Script:<br \/>\nSaid Arikat: You said that, you know, Hamas is hiding among the civilian population. It was not Hamas that drove the people south. It was actually the Israelis. They told them to go and hunker in Rafah.<br \/>\nMatthew Miller: So Said you&#8217;re getting to my exact point which is, it was appropriate to evacuate people when there was some place for them to go. Right? When there was Rafah, which was if not completely safe, safer than Gaza City, safer than Khan Yunis and some place for them to go. That&#8217;s not true anymore. There is not sufficient infrastructure in Khan Yunis or elsewhere in Gaza for the people that moved to Rafah to go somewhere else. That is why we are, so opposed to a military operation there.<br \/>\nSaid Arikat: Yeah, which takes me to my next question. I mean, if the Israelis, as you said, have already achieved their goals and if there is no place for these people to go anywhere, why can&#8217;t the United States say, no invasion in Rafah. This operation must end now, full stop. Because obviously it&#8217;s a wall or a dead end or whatever it is.<br \/>\nMatthew Miller: I think we have said no major invasion. Said, hold on. You are listening to the initial part of this briefing. But that said, we are, there are still Hamas fighters there. We have never said that Israel shouldn&#8217;t be able to do anything to take on the Hamas battalions that are there. There are things that we support. We have made clear in private conversations with them, alternative paths for taking out, degrading, and choking off those Hamas battalions. That continues to be our position and it continues to be our position that Hamas could end all of this right now, if they would, those battalions would lay down their arms, if Sinwar would come out of the tunnels, and if they would stop fighting. 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