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Biden faces a backlash from the deep state over his support for Israel Political News
11/16/2023–|Last Updated: 11/16/202305:29 PM (Makkah Time)
US President Joe Biden is facing a backlash from some quarters of the deep state over his support for Israel in its war against the Palestinian Islamist movement (Hamas), the Wall Street Journal reported.
The newspaper, which is known to be conservative and pro-Israel, sent at least 500 appointees and staffers from 40 agencies, including the National Security Council and the Justice Department, to the editorial board, according to news reports. A letter was sent to Biden calling for a cease-fire, the fires in Gaza and a “de-escalation” between Israel and Hamas.
The text of the letter – which describes its signatories as anonymous and courageous – states that “Americans do not want the US military to be dragged into another costly and absurd war in the Middle East.”
The same applies to more than 1,000 USAID employees who signed a similar letter, the editorial board said in its editorial.
“Unless the US government calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, we believe that another catastrophic loss of human life cannot be avoided,” the letter said. The letter added that the signatories were withholding their names “out of fear for our personal safety and the possibility of losing our jobs.”
Commenting on what was said in the last letter, the newspaper – represented by its editorial board – believes that democracy means nothing if its signatories do not lose their jobs, or resign “with dignity” if they cannot support (the agenda) of their president, whom it describes as complainants, who are a part of the workers. is division.
He emphasized that the function of the executive branch is to implement the president’s policies and not to conduct a campaign to pressure them to change through the letters and leaks of anonymous signatories.
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However, the newspaper acknowledges that dissatisfaction with Biden’s policy on Israel is also spreading to the State Department — in the form of counter-telegraphs. The difference between the above two letters is that, according to the opening essay, the natural channel for directing internal criticism.
Part of the problem here, in the editors’ view, is that civil service protections are so broad that accountability is difficult, as one opposition career bureaucrat said, “It gives them a certain degree of impunity when they want to rebel against the policy of the president-elect.”
The Wall Street Journal editorial board criticized this behavior by government officials, saying that this is not how a democratic government should act.
Internal rebellion
Commenting on the matter, the French newspaper Le Monde said that the peculiarity of this internal revolt comes from the many leaks to the press, a sign of internal indiscipline.
In this regard, Axios – for example – published the contents of an internal email sent by Sylvia Yacoub, a young diplomat working in the Office of Middle Eastern Affairs, through which she tried to collect signatures, and received about 100 signatures in support. He referred to Joe Biden as “complicit in genocide” through his unwavering support for Israel.
Amid these protests, Le Monde noted that Foreign Secretary Anthony Blinken met with some important diplomats on October 26.Last OctoberAccording to the Huffington Post website.
Commenting on what is happening, Le Monde said it is difficult to gauge the level of opposition from outside official circles, but this discontent has led to a realignment of the official US position in recent weeks, and more attention has been paid to the plight. Palestinian civilians, according to the newspaper.
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US President Joe Biden has set a deadline to end Israel’s war on Gaza, US sources said, while US intelligence agencies believe Israel has ignored US calls for an ongoing occupation since October 7.
The website Politico cited three Israeli officials as saying that the US president’s administration has given Israel until the end of the year to end its war on the Islamist movement (rebellion)
An official explained that the US administration had advised Israel not to go to Gaza But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration ignored this and continued with plans to infiltrate the area.
Biden spoke by phone with Netanyahu yesterday, and the White House stressed the urgent need for the US president to “protect civilians and separate civilians from Hamas, including corridors that allow people to safely evacuate designated areas of fighting. .”
A fatal attack
On the other hand, the Huffington Post website quoted a US official as saying that US intelligence estimates that the Israeli military is continuing to operate at the same pace and showing limited concern for civilians despite repeated US calls for restraint.
The official said he doubted the current Israeli military offensive would be bloodier than Israel’s assault on the northern Gaza Strip in the first phase of its occupation of Gaza.
Citing a US State Department official that the Israeli military is waging a “campaign of ethnic cleansing” in Gaza, a US diplomat said Washington was angry at how it had “literally” tarnished Netanyahu’s reputation. America to advance its own political agenda.
In this case, the Associated Press quoted a senior US State Department official as saying that the death toll in Gaza is still high as Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke by phone with Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Termer. Israel should make more efforts to allow humanitarian aid to enter it.
Blinken, after a press conference with his British counterpart David Cameron yesterday, said there was a gap between the Israeli government’s stated intentions to protect civilians and the number of casualties in the Strip.
“For example, it’s not just about creating safe zones, it’s about communicating where non-combatants know where, when and by what means they can escape. Refugees must be provided with food, water and medicine. These safe zones,” he added.
Over two months of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have claimed more than 17,000 lives and injured some 46,000 people, in light of the widespread destruction of infrastructure and the displacement of more than two dozen Gazans in addition to the worsening humanitarian crisis. million, for areas south of the Strip.
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The US Bloomberg agency quoted Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayeh as saying that the Palestinian Authority is working with US officials on a plan to manage the Gaza Strip after the end of the war.
The preferred outcome of the conflict is for the Islamist movement (Hamas) currently operating in the Gaza Strip to become a junior partner in Palestinian liberation, Shtaeyeh said in an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday from his headquarters in Ramallah. The organization aims to establish a new independent state that includes the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Jerusalem.
Shtayeh said that the Palestinians should not be divided and that Israel’s goal of completely eliminating Hamas is unrealistic, and that there is room for negotiation if Hamas is willing to accept the PLO’s political approach and reach an agreement.
Phil Gordon, the US vice president’s national security adviser, held discussions with Palestinian officials in Ramallah about the “revitalization” of the Palestinian Authority, the White House said last Wednesday.
He insisted that a revived Palestinian Authority would be able to govern the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
According to the White House, he emphasized the need to strengthen the Palestinian Authority’s security forces to eventually take over responsibilities in Gaza.
In a related context, the British newspaper The Times said that a British military team is operating in the West Bank to prepare the Palestinian Authority to take over the administration of the Gaza Strip.
According to Israeli figures, 1,200 people were killed and about 240 detained and captured after attacks on Israeli cities on October 7, after which Israel pledged to eliminate Hamas.
More than 17,170 Palestinians have been killed and about 46,000 injured since Israel began shelling the Gaza Strip following the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation in response to the occupation, according to the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip. Against the Palestinian people and their sanctity.
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Yesterday, UNESCO added Peruvian ceviche – a dish made from marinated raw fish – to the Intangible Heritage of Humanity list.
According to local anthropologists, the type of fish used to prepare this dish varies from one region to another.
According to celebrity chef Javier Vargas, president of the Peruvian Seafood Restaurants Association, there are at least a thousand recipes or methods of preparing ceviche in the country.
The Peruvian Ministry of Culture welcomed UNESCO’s announcement that the addition of Chevy to the organization’s list of “Intangible Heritage of Humanity” is “the first of the traditional Peruvian cuisines and recognizes all participants in the food’s value chain. Fishermen from the coast, the Andes and the Amazon, farmers and chefs.”
The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which met in Botswana last Monday, approved the inclusion of ceviche in the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
• Eating the food varies from one region to another depending on the type of fish used to prepare it.
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