An American President is in a bad place …..
While supporting a strong American partner in the Middle East that also has a strong US domestic political part….
THAT countries actions have resulted in images of wide spread violence , injuries and deaths….
A month ago it was against the Israeli that we saw violence , injuries and deaths….
BUT?
Those images are overpower by the sheer numbers we see and hear currently in Gaza….
The media give the idea that the American President can just call up Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and get him to STOP his attacks in Gaza….
He CANNOT….
So as has been pointed out in a analysis piece?
Hamas has coaxed Israel to make attacks that hurt and harm civilians in Gaza….
(They are looking for ‘movement’ against Israel Bigger than Gaza….).
That while protest’s grow against Israel and President Biden inside and outside….
The Letter….
More than 400 political appointees and staff members representing some 40 government agencies sent a letter to President Biden on Tuesday protesting his support of Israel in its war in Gaza.
The letter, part of growing internal dissent over the administration’s support of the war, calls on the president to seek an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and to push Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the territory. It is the latest of several protest letters from officials throughout the Biden administration, including three internal memos to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken signed by dozens of State Department employees as well as an open letter signed by more than 1,000 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The signatories of the letter submitted on Tuesday and the one circulating among USAID employees are anonymous, the USAID letter explains, out of “concern for our personal safety and risk of potentially losing our jobs.” The signatories of the State Department dissent cables must disclose their names, but those cables have not been released publicly.
Although the Biden administration has recently started voicing concern over the high numbers of Palestinian civilians killed while urging Israel to show restraint, that budding criticism does not appear to be placating many in the U.S. government.
The letter, a copy of which was reviewed by The New York Times, began by denouncing the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas, then urged Mr. Biden to stop the bloodshed caused by Israel’s retaliatory military campaign in Gaza.
“We call on President Biden to urgently demand a cease-fire; and to call for de-escalation of the current conflict by securing the immediate release of the Israeli hostages and arbitrarily detained Palestinians; the restoration of water, fuel, electricity and other basic services; and the passage of adequate humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip,” the letter states.
Two political appointees who helped organize the letter to Mr. Biden said the majority of the signatories are political appointees of various faiths who work throughout government, from the National Security Council to the F.B.I. and the Justice Department….
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There is a big march to support Israel in Wash. DC today…..
“We’re feeling somewhat under attack,” Halioua, 41, a lawyer, said of rising antisemitism. “Feeling that connection to Israel is so important, both for us personally and for us to uphold on a wider scale because it’s a problem for the free world.”
The “March for Israel” rally, organized by the Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, comes amid a deepening war in Gaza. Speakers will include relatives of hostages, bipartisan congressional leaders, college students and actress Debra Messing.
Thousands of people are arriving from across the country, with many traveling by bus or flying from as far away as California. Organizers anticipate that 100,000 people will attend the event on the National Mall, according to a permit issued by the National Park Service.
Although people of all ages were represented among the crowd, many attendees trended younger, with large groups of friends arriving with matching signs that read, “We stand with Israel.” Others brandished homemade signs declaring, “Make Gaza Flat Again.
The rally comes at an increasingly fraught time for American leaders as they balance support for Israel with increasing demands for a cease-fire or a halt to Israeli bombing of Gaza, where more than 11,000 people have been killed in airstrikes, according to the Gaza Health Ministry…..