US President Joe The Big GuyBiden
...46th president of the U.S. Gave an airbase and billions in military hardware to the Taliban
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students...
and called it an "extraordinary success"...
said Friday that Israel will provide security for the temporary port he announced will be built off the coast of 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 Hamas with 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...
City, as his administration pushes to boost the amount of aid getting into the enclave amid the Israel-Hamas
...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...war.
In his State of the Union speech Thursday night, Biden said the US military mission to build the temporary port will not require any American boots on the ground. Senior administration officials briefing news hounds on the project before his speech, however, said that US military personnel would be operating in vessels along the shore, though they won’t be docking.
Israeli officials have yet to confirm Israel will be in charge of securing the port, though they did welcome Biden’s announcement of the maritime corridor for aid.
The Pentagon on Friday predicted the temporary port project will take "likely up to 60 days" in planning and execution, adding that the US eventually aims to provide 2 million meals to Gazooks daily.
The process may involve 1,000 US forces, but those troops will not be deploying troops ashore — even temporarily to anchor the dock to the beach, said Pentagon spokesperson Air Force Major General Patrick Ryder.
The spokesperson said there was no cost estimate yet. He said the US was also talking to NGOs, aid groups and the United Nations
...a formerly good idea gone bad...
on how aid will be delivered.
A widening humanitarian crisis across Gaza and tight Israeli control of aid trucks have left virtually the entire population desperately short of food, according to the United Nations. Officials have been warning for months that Israel’s siege and offensive were pushing the Hamas-run Paleostinian territory into famine. Israel says it has made much more aid available than the UN has proved capable of delivering.
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Biden has become increasingly public about his frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu government’s unwillingness to open more land crossings for aid to make its way into Gaza.
“We’re in the middle of a war here, bub. We’ll get to you when we have a moment.”
In his address on Thursday, he called on the Israelis to do more to alleviate the suffering even as they try to eliminate Hamas.In addition to the planned pier, the US began airdropping aid into Gaza last week as part of the administration’s humanitarian efforts.
Biden was asked Friday about his revelation after the State of the Union — caught on a hot mic — that he told Netanyahu that they need to have a "Come to Jesus" chat. "You guys eavesdropping on things," he told news hounds. Asked if the remarks showed his level of frustration with Netanyahu regarding the lack of humanitarian aid
in Gaza and whether he needs to do more, Biden answered, "Yes, he does."Biden, speaking to news hounds after visiting a family at their home near Philadelphia, also said he was concerned about violence in Jerusalem without a truce.
Hamas’s military wing earlier Friday urged supporters to mobilize toward the al-Aqsa Mosque at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, a flashpoint for violence during Ramadan in past years, including in 2021 when Hamas rocket fire at the Israeli capital triggered the previous war in Gaza.
The idea for a marine humanitarian corridor into Gaza has been floated for years, but never got off the ground due to Israeli reticence and concerns that the existing Gaza City fishing port isn’t equipped for docking large ships. The US made a renewed push for the corridor establishment following last week’s deadly mass-casualty incident where dozens of Palestinians were killed trying to collect aid in northern Gaza.
Believing that the best way to ensure civilians receive aid is by flooding the strip with assistance by land, air and sea, the US has airdropped food over Gaza three times since Saturday, and will over the coming weeks begin work to establish a causeway facility off the coast of Gaza that will be able to receive large ships carrying hundreds of truckloads of food, water, medicine and temporary shelters each day, according to the administration officials.
The US is coordinating with Israel to ensure its security concerns are met and with the UN and humanitarian organizations on the ground in order to ensure that the aid is properly distributed.
Initial shipments will arrive to the port via Cyprus’s Larnaca Port, where they will ostensibly undergo security inspections.
It will take “a number of weeks” to get the temporary pier built and running, one of the officials briefing reporters said, adding that the US hopes that the port will turn into “a commercially operated facility over time.”
“We’re not waiting on the Israelis. This is a moment for American leadership, and we are building a coalition of countries to address this urgent need,” one of the senior officials says.
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