Biden to announce US will build port on Gaza shore for large-scale aid delivery
President to make announcement in State of the Union speech while senior US official says ‘We are not waiting on the Israelis’
Sincere thanks to the uncommitted voters out there, we wouldn't have gotten this without some pressure
The other day I saw a comment that essentially read "You have no leverage, how dare democratic voters try to vote uncommitted" I want to express my deep thanks to everyone who rejected the apathetic pity party and, while acknowledging they'll probably vote for Biden regardless, tried to hold his feet to the fire.
Politics is very appearance based, Democrats are often terrible at this and hesitate to call votes that they know will fail to force people to be on record. Your voice does make a difference even if it doesn't feel like it will.
Do you want Trump to win?!?! /s
But seriously, we need to keep the pressure up until a permanent ceasefire.
I know /s, but what those uncritical white liberals don't recognize, is that Biden can't win without pivoting 180 on his prior position of Gaza.
Failing to be critical of the candidate and holding them accountable ensures their failure.
Pivoting on Gaza will be the start of Biden rebuilding his campaign, because right now, he's made all the wrong moves and has around a 1-10, 1-20 chance of actually winning. He needs to be beating Trump nationally by 5 points to have this thing locked up. He's trailing Trump nationally, outside of the margin of error. That's not just 'bad' that's DISASTROUS for a Democratic candidate once you account for redstate gerrymandering and the fact that Trump consistently outperforms polling.
Biden needs to cater to his actual base, not Republicans. He wont win if he doesn't.
ETA to Israel "accidentally" destroying the port?
The port will be built by US military engineers operating from ships off the Gaza coast, who will not need to step ashore, US officials said.
The White House said that the operation would not involve boots on the ground, as the port and its temporary pier could be built from off the coast.
This seems to be a key aspect of the thing, if there are no US soldiers in Gaza accompanying aid shipments, the IDF can keep attacking the shipments "by mistake", right?
Even if they are, Israeli forces have attacked and killed Americans before
Probably eventually what's going to be needed is escorted aid shipments and a public statement that any aggression by Israel against American actions in Gaza will get a proportional response against Israeli armed forces.
aggression by Israel against American actions in Gaza will get a proportional response against Israeli armed forces
I'd say that's heavily implied after the Liberty tbh and Israel would know it. Fool me once and all that.
"by mistake", right?
I'd imagine the US will ensure the food reaches Gaza, the issue is that Hamas may still intercept it before it reaches civilians. In war zones like this you really need peacekeepers on the ground - ideally in kitchens where civilians can be allowed to eat in peace. As soon as people leave the safe site there's a risk someone with a gun will just take the supplies from them.
And just to clarify, I don't like either Hamas or Netanyahu... none of this shit would be necessary if the IDF wasn't purposefully blocking aide from being shipped over ground connections. This is a solution to a problem the IDF caused.
How long until that gets bombed then blamed on the Palestinian people?
It’ll probably be used to bring in aid for Gaza, like new missiles for Israel or tractors so settlers can clear the land to build themselves new houses.
We get to spend money BUILDING the port AND Destroying the port!
We are helping Israel use less bombs by gathering everyone in one location. Come on silly 🪿
Spineless bastard needs to also stop sending money and weapons to the people committing war crimes.
And to stop supporting Netanyahu at the UN.
He can’t do anything Jack! Didn’t you know he’s literally the most useless president ever who’s hands are tied at every occasion?
What’re you a Trump supporter? Now support this tough on the border bill based on Republican values that also gives billions to Israel.
So this is a roundabout way of saying the Israelis were about to add famine to their list of war crimes.
The flour massacre shows they were already doing that. Corralling them all into small areas, denying aid is just slow starvation.
The UN and IPC have been trying to tell you this since mid January. IPC are the guys who track food stress and actually declare a famine.
Why you're supporting the destruction and recreation of the same place, we may never know
PR. It's like the bully in an 80s movie telling the teacher that the kid he's giving a wedgie is actually his friend.
Money. Training. Supplying the post genocide settlers.
That’s cool n shit, but probably better to just cut off all foreign aid and weapons sales to Israel.
Yes I'm sure feeding these people who are literally starving to death will make no difference to them right?
Ignoring the rhetorical, if the us doesn't also run the distribution of said aid, it won't make much difference to those starving people since the IDF will simply shoot them when they go to get the food.
So the answer is "no"
This new significant capability will take a number of weeks to plan and execute.
I hope the Palestinians can hang in there until then. The children have already started dying of starvation.
Aid, or bait?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
US forces will build a temporary port on the Gaza shoreline in the next few weeks to allow delivery of humanitarian aid on a large scale, Joe Biden will announce in the State of the Union speech.
This is a moment for American leadership,” a senior US official said on Thursday, reflecting growing frustration of what is seen in Washington as Israeli obstruction of road deliveries on a substantial scale.
“Tonight, the president will announce in his State of the Union address that he has directed the US military to undertake an emergency mission to establish a port in Gaza, working in partnership with like minded countries and humanitarian partners,” the official said.
In his State of the Union speech, Biden will also announce the opening of a new land crossing into the occupied and devastated coastal strip.
Biden has been fiercely criticised within his own party for the failure to open up Gaza to humanitarian aid, with a famine looming and 30,000 Palestinians dead already since the start of war on 7 October.
“We will coordinate with the Israelis on the security requirements on land and work with the UN and humanitarian NGOs on the distribution of assistance within Gaza,” a senior official said.
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So we are annexing Gaza now?
Troops will have to be on the ground to protect the port..
I for one would be totally on board with the American military providing the Palestinian state protection from Israeli aggression. Honestly, there's a good argument that we owe that to the Palestinians at this point given how many of the weapons used on them came from us.
