Hmmm, this didn't age well, I guess.

I knew the israeli butchers were going to go into Rafah no matter what, but it makes me extra sick that they're dressing it up by pretending it's balanced out by not attacking Iran (after attacking their embassy in the first place).

A senior official told The New Arab that "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to obtain American approval for a military operation in Rafah, in exchange for [Israel] refraining from carrying out a wide military operation against Iran in response to its recent attack."

This is insane, goes to show how much power the US has over Israeli military operations. US approval for genocide, what a strong finger wag.

Fuck.

I wonder if this is what Netanyahu had planned from the beginning?

But I keep getting told Biden can't do anything to stop the genocide, then he goes and continues to fucking okay it

Can't wait for the Biden apologists to give their hot takes on this one.

Israel doesn't exist without American military support, period.

Redeploy the carrier groups, and Israel's entire strategy goes up in smoke, as they are reliant on Aegis to protect their airspace.

Hey US: how's that working out for you?

Dear strongest country in the world: what happen? You look super weak to fold under the demand of a country that's smaller than Hawaii.

Well, they apparently just struck Iran (and apparently also Iraq/Syria) so maybe the Rafah invasion is off. Probably not but it’d be nice if this deal is real and they just got what Bibi picked wrong.

Orrrrr

Biden could finally read the reports on credible accusations of human rights abuses and tell Netanyahu he's cut off.

Seems like a better path than letting himself get played so publicly.

Like everyone here on lemmy predicted this as far back as the embassy strike

"yeah yeah sure you can do a little more genocide as treat if you don't start another war"

If true, wtf. You'd think the genocide joe moniker was something to be careful of. Or I guess he can just embrace it and bend the knee to a country that's a small percentage of the US' size, gdp, and political influence.

This strikes me as an attempt to increase complacency for a Rafah attack by presenting it as done deal.

The US intercepted just about all the missiles. Israel owes the US for that, they shouldn't get to make demands.

Israel: strikes Iran anyways be cause Genocide Joe will support anything Netanyahi does.