The White House, through National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby, has expressed a desire for Israel to take immediate steps to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Kirby emphasized the urgency of these changes, stating they are expected in the "coming hours and days." He highlighted the need for an increase in humanitarian aid and a reduction in violence against civilians and aid workers. The White House's stance was made clear following the Biden-Netanyahu talks, with Kirby warning that if Israel does not alter its policy and approach, the U.S. will be compelled to make changes to its own policies. This development signals a potential turning point in U.S.-Israel relations, with military aid implications hinted but not explicitly stated.
White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby: "We're looking for concrete steps to alleviate humanitarian suffering in Gaza...If there's no changes to their policy and their approaches then there's going to have to be changes to ours." https://t.co/VTYscchJ9J
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John Kirby on Israel: “We’re looking for concrete steps to alleviate humanitarian suffering in Gaza … If there’s no changes to their policy and their approaches, then there’s going to have to be changes to ours.” https://t.co/ufxmAdhxvY
WH’s John Kirby: “I’m not going to preview, um, any potential policy decisions coming forward. Um, what we want to see are some real changes on the Israeli side and, um, you know if we don’t see changes from their side, there’ll have to be changes from our side. But I won’t… https://t.co/x9CtE0mKiy
John Kirby following the Biden Netanyahu talks: We want to see real changes on the Israeli side and if we don't see changes on their side then there will be changes on our side. We want to see a change in the coming hours and days.
Kirby says the White House wants to see changes from the Israelis in the *coming hours and days*
WH spokesman Kirby: we’re looking for the execution of concrete steps on humanitarian commitments. If there’s no changes to their approach then there will be changes to ours.” Military aid? “Let’s see what the Israelis do.”
This may be a turning point for the Biden admin policy on Israel: “We want to see some real changes on the Israeli side.” If that doesn’t happen, “there’ll have to be changes from our side," says NSC spox John Kirby
In readout by WH spokesman Kirby of Bibi-Biden phone call, “we want to see some real changes from their side. If not there will be changes from our side.” In coming hours and days “we’ll be looking for tangible changes from their side.”
Kirby: “I’m not going to preview any potential policy decisions coming forward. What we want to see is some real changes from the Israeli side.” He specifically calls for an increase in humanitarian aid and reduction in violence against civilians/aid workers. https://t.co/KDQV1LjZmP