Biden Threatens To Halt Weapons Shipments To Israel

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🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In an interview with CNN, President Biden said he would block further U.S. shipments of weapons to Israel if it launched a ground invasion of Rafah as part of the Israeli war in Gaza. What impact will his statement have both for the U.S.-Israel relationship, and among progressive Democrats who call for a halt to weapon shipments to Israel?

This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and national security correspondent Greg Myre.

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1:11.4	And President Biden is now threatening to cut off weapons shipments to Israel if they go forward
1:16.2	with a full-scale assault on the city of Rafa in southern Gaza, where over 1 million people
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1:22.4	Here's Biden speaking to CNN last night. one million people are currently sheltering.
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