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Blinken: Most rockets fired in recent Gaza fighting were produced locally
[IsraelTimes] The US Secretary of State pushes back against assertions made by both Democrats and Republican politicians during an ongoing House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.Blinken dismisses a claim made by several Republican politicians that the rockets used by Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... -based Paleostinian terror groups in Gaza in last month’s fighting with Israel were produced by Iran. "The best assessment we have" from the 11-day conflict is that "most of the rockets were indigenously produced in Gaza by Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,," he says, clarifying that that does not excuse Iran’s support for Hamas, particularly at the rhetorical level during the recent violence. Also in the hearing, Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar ...Somali- AmericanDem representative from Minnesota. She was apparently married to her brother and may be her own grandmaw on her mother's side... of Minnesota urges Blinken to explain where victims of alleged war crimes in Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, and Afghanistan should turn, given the Biden administration’s opposition to International Criminal Court probes in those areas. Blinken says he was "profoundly moved" by the loss of life in the recent Gaza war. However, those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... he says, the US will continue to oppose ICC war crimes probes absent a UN Security Council referral or a request by the country itself. "I continue to believe that whether it’s United States or Israel, we both have the mechanisms to make sure that there’s accountability in any situation where there’s concern about use of force, human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... , or other issues," he says. "We believe that both of our democracies have that capacity, we’ve demonstrated it and we need to demonstrate it going forward." Blinken also denies reports that State Department officials have been ordered not to use the term Abraham Accords. He says he has no problem calling them that and stresses that he plans to work to expand the normalization agreements between Israel and Arab and Moslem countries. Posted by: trailing wife 2021-06-08 |
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