US president reiterates support for Israel in call with Netanyahu amid reports that he is also opposed to counterattack.

US President Joe Biden has condemned Iranian attacks on military facilities in Israel, pledging a coordinated Group of Seven (G7) diplomatic response while highlighting the United States’s help in taking down “nearly all” of the attacking drones and missiles.

Biden, who cut short a trip to Delaware and returned to Washington, DC to meet advisers over the late Saturday night attack, said in a statement released by the White House that the US forces and facilities had not been hit.

The US president said he reiterated the “ironclad” support for Israel’s security in a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with whom he has had strained relations over Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza.

“Tomorrow, I will convene my fellow G7 leaders to coordinate a united diplomatic response to Iran’s brazen attack,” he said.

“And while we have not seen attacks on our forces or facilities today, we will remain vigilant to all threats and will not hesitate to take all necessary action to protect our people,” he said.

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  • JokeDeity@lemm.ee
    161·
    7 months ago

    There’s definitely something we ask don’t know about the US and Israel. There’s got to be some massive secret. Because there’s no other good explanation.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
      15·
      7 months ago

      Israel is the US’s unsinkable aircraft carrier in the Middle East. It’s strategically priceless for US world domination.

    • Spacehooks@reddthat.comEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      Prob this thinking full as good way to stay in power. That or Isreal got a pee pee tape on someone. You should watch Canadian Bacon.

      • Alsephina@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
        18·
        7 months ago

        Settler colonialism has nothing to do with religion.

        Palestine is merely good place for a colony since it’s a bridge between Asia and Africa; israel’s formation used common british colonization tactics [III], with companies literally named “Colonization Commission”, “Jewish Colonial Trust” and the like.

        Theodor Herzl, the founder of “zionism” was a racist who saw it as a rampart of the west in the region.

        “We should there form a portion of a rampart of Europe against Asia, an outpost of civilization as opposed to barbarism. We should as a neutral State remain in contact with all Europe, which would have to guarantee our existence.” Source [II]

        Only difference now is that the US has been the de facto leader of the imperial core since WW2, no longer UK in Europe. They are thus now israel’s main supporter.