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Senate Majority Leader Schumer's speech signifies a shift in US foreign policy towards Israel, signaling a more direct approach in conditioning aid based on actions, with time running out for humanitarian assistance.
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The full transcript provides a detailed analysis of the recent developments in US foreign policy towards Israel, offering insights into the potential consequences of these shifts.
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Well, howdy there, internet people.
Let's bow again.
So today we are going to talk about Schumer's speech.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer gave a speech.
And that speech, two years ago, not even two years ago,
eight months ago, would have been inconceivable.
The speech lasted half an hour or more.
It wasn't just some offhand comment at a presser.
It wasn't something that wasn't thought out ahead of time.
The key takeaway from the speech is that he believes Netanyahu
no longer represents the interest of his country
and that the voters there need to replace him.
It also demonstrated a marked willingness to condition aid
based on the actions that are occurring.
That's a big deal.
The Senate Majority Leader of the United States
basically calling for the leader of an allied nation
to be replaced.
Now, given the fact that it was the Senate Majority
leader, it provides some insulation for the Biden administration. It's not the US head
of state calling for that. But the Senate majority leader is about as close as you can
get and have any insulation at all. It's a marked shift in tone. This is the culmination
of U.S. signaling over the last few days.
That signaling has also included a number of other things. Starting, you have Biden's interview where
everybody focused on, I'm never going to leave Israel or something like that, but the next line said
said, you know, we won't cut all weapons. They'll always have the iron dome, right?
There is also a letter that came from very influential senators to Biden. If you want
to read it, it is on the website of Bernie Sanders. You can find it there. And it basically
says that Netanyahu's government is in violation of the Foreign Assistance Act.
Short version, if you're disrupting humanitarian aid, you don't get to get U.S. military aid.
Down at the bottom of that letter, it does the same thing, saying that there's nothing
in the law that says the U.S. couldn't provide defensive aid like the Iron Dome.
Very similar phrasing.
Then you have, and that letter is about, that letter is about cutting military aid, offensive
military aid, if they don't fix the humanitarian issue and start letting the trucks in like
now.
On top of that, you have Senator Van Hollen out there.
Van Hollen is basically saying, cut the aid if they go into Rafa.
He also signed the letter, I think.
This is all interesting in the aspect of foreign policy intrigue because it certainly appears
these steps were planned before the State of the Union. And it's a teachable
moment to show how the ratcheting up of international pressure works and takes
place over days. It is important to remember that when it comes to the
humanitarian issue, they don't have days. They're out of time. They are out of
of time. They've been out of time. Obviously there is going to be pushback
on Schumer's speech. It is worth noting that inside Schumer's speech he also had
pretty pointed words for the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. It is probably more
signaling that involves Netanyahu's consistent opposition to a two-state
solution, which is something that the Biden administration wants. And this is
grouping it all together and signaling that the United States is kind of done
with the bear hug diplomacy that had been going on and that they're moving to
a much more direct and much more public method of applying pressure. Now at this
point the US has gone pretty far down this road as far as signaling that it's
going to cut offensive military aid, maybe even stop using its veto, like it's,
it's, they have signaled a whole lot, so much so that it would be very difficult
for them to back out. At the same time, at this point, we don't know if they're
going to follow through with it. It would be really hard to back out of it now,
politically and internationally, but they're out of time on the humanitarian
side of it. The action, if it is going to come, it's probably going to come in the
next few days. If they wait any longer than that, it won't be believed. Anyway,
It's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.
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