Former national security adviser John Bolton said Thursday that pressure from President Biden may be the reason Israel has delayed the start of major military operations against Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
The former Trump administration official further suggested during a radio interview on the “Cats & Cosby Show” hosted by John Catsimatidis that if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not soon launch an offensive against terrorists, “international pressure to doing nothing” will decrease substantially. grow.
“In the Middle East, in particular, they recognize strength,” Bolton explained. “They talk about who is the strong horse and we know that in the region it is Israel. But Biden has his hand around Bibi’s belt. “They don’t let people move forward.”
Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said an escalation of force by the Israeli military will be “risky” and “unpleasant” but is an appropriate response to the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack that killed 1,400. people in the Jewish region. state.
Bolton fears that further delaying military action against Hamas will trigger international calls for Israel to “do nothing” in response to the October 7 terrorist attack.
“If you believe that you have the right to live free from terrorism and you have been attacked like Israel, then you have the right to defend yourself and even eliminate the threat of terrorism itself,” he argued.
Israel has reportedly agreed to consider delaying its ground invasion of Gaza to allow hostage talks to continue.
The Biden administration is said to be at the forefront of a cautious approach, concerned that Israel does not have an achievable military goal (eradicating the terrorist group Hamas), in part due to a lack of preparation to complete the monumental task.
“Both Israel and the Biden administration want to exhaust all efforts to try to get the hostages out of Gaza,” an unnamed senior Israeli official told Axios earlier this week.
“If Hamas proposes a big package, of course, we will be willing to do things in return,” the official said, stressing that Israel’s plans for a ground attack would only be delayed, not abandoned.
The Biden administration has reportedly urged Israel to delay a possible ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.REUTERS
“I warn you that, while you feel that anger, do not let yourself be consumed by it. After 9/11, we were furious in America. While we sought justice and got it, we also made mistakes,” Biden told reporters during his trip to Tel Aviv last week.
Bolton argued that delaying military operations against Hamas benefits neither the United States nor Israel.
“I don’t know if the Biden administration is totally complicit in this or not smart enough to see what’s happening,” he said. “The delay goes against Israel and it goes against the United States because we really are Iran’s ultimate goal.”
“Iran has been calling the shots for a long time with Hamas, with Hezbollah and with other terrorist groups in the region. The Biden administration is unwilling to see what is in front of it: that Hamas did not commit this terrible barbaric attack on October 7 by its own decision. “It was Tehran that made the decisions.”
“In the face of this barbarism, [Iran] “He’s seeing weakness and timidity,” Bolton added.
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