Biden had hoped to send a quiet message, then Israel leaked it [Video]

Washington: The message was not getting through. Not through the phone calls or the emissaries or the public statements or the joint committee meetings. And so, frustrated that he was being ignored, US President Joe Biden chose a more dramatic way of making himself clear to Israeli leaders. He stopped sending the bombs.

Biden’s decision to pause the delivery of 3500 bombs to Israel was meant to convey a powerful signal that his patience had limits. While insisting that his support for the Jewish state remains “ironclad”, Biden for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war erupted opted to use his power as Israel’s chief arms supplier to demonstrate his discontent.

The hold on …