Since May, US President Joe Biden has imposed a series of warning measures on Israel and delayed the delivery of certain heavy bombs due to Israel's continued indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip.
On Tuesday, June 18, local time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Benjamin Netanyahu) posted a video openly criticizing the Biden administration of the United States and severely condemning its detention of weapons to Israel.
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In the video, Netanyahu speaks in English throughout, undoubtedly sending a message to the United States.
Netanyahu began by expressing his gratitude for the support that the United States has always given to Israel: "I am very grateful to the United States for the support it has given to Israel from the beginning of the war. ”
But then, Netanyahu turned around and expressed strong dissatisfaction with the US stop sending heavy bombs to Israel: "This is incredible" and "The US government has been withholding weapons and ammunition supplied to Israel for the past few months".
However, Netanyahu also noted that "Secretary Brinton assured me that the U.S. government is working around the clock to remove these bottlenecks," and that "I certainly hope so." ”
Finally, Netanyahu also called on the United States to continue supplying weapons to Israel by quoting a quote from his favorite historical figure, Winston Churchill: "It was like this during World War II, when Churchill told the United States 'give us the tools and we will get the job done' and I said 'give us the tools and we will get the job done faster'".
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right)
However, the US side is a little cramped by Netanyahu's accusations.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a State Department news conference that the only thing being detained was the heavy bombs from May, and he defended, "As you know, we are continuing to review the shipment of 2,000-pound bombs that President Biden talked about because we are concerned about the use of these bombs in a densely populated area like Rafah." ”
Blinken also stressed that the weapons are still under review — a hint that the U.S. still has the potential to provide them to Israel.
白宫新闻秘书卡琳·让-皮埃尔（Karine Jean-Pierre）
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded to Netanyahu: "We don't really know what he's talking about." ”
She said the U.S. was having "constructive discussions" with Israel about the detained heavy bomb and that "this was the only transfer that was postponed."
In fact, the only time the United States detained weapons shipments to Israel was in early May.
At that time, the Biden administration suspended the plan to send "high-load ammunition" to Israel due to public pressure - a rare scene in decades when the United States went against the will of Israel, its "closest ally".
Rep. Gregory Meeks, Democrat, U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee
However, in addition to this, the United States is still "obedient" to Israel.
Just this week, two top Democrats in the U.S. Congress cleared the way for the U.S. to sell $15 billion worth of F-15s to Israel, a sale that Democratic House Representatives Gregory Meeks, who previously opposed the sale of such weapons to Israel, now agreed.
Based on this, it is not difficult to deduce that Netanyahu's public video shouting at the United States does not mean that Israel is really short of weapons, but more likely to put pressure on the United States, making it more difficult for the Biden administration to detain weapons supplied to Israel in the future.
Israel's wartime cabinet
In addition, Netanyahu's growing consolidation of power within Israel has given him the courage to speak to the Biden administration.
On Monday (June 17 local time), Netanyahu dissolved his wartime cabinet – a move that undoubtedly consolidated Netanyahu's grip on Israel's internal power and expanded his influence in the Israeli-Kazakhstan war.
With the internal problems solved, Netanyahu will naturally have more confidence to make demands on the United States, and even disobey the will of the United States.
That's why Netanyahu dared to openly criticize the Biden administration.
Therefore, it is often said that "Israel is like the illegitimate child of the United States", so, now it seems, who is the son?
It's hard to say.