Netanyahu: Inconceivable that US withholds weapons from Israel

Blinken then said that Washington was still reviewing one shipment of large bombs for Israel over concerns that they could be used in densely populated areas.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the US withholding of weapons in a statement on Tuesday.

“When Secretary Blinken was recently here in Israel, we had a candid conversation. I said I deeply appreciated the support the US has given Israel from the beginning of the war,” he said.

Blinken then said that Washington was still reviewing one shipment of large bombs for Israel over concerns that they could be used in densely populated areas.

Blinken was asked at a news conference about the status of arms shipments after Netanyahu said Blinken assured him last week that the Biden administration was working to remove restrictions on arms shipments.

“But I also said something else,” Netanyahu added. “I said it’s inconceivable that in the past few months, the administration has been withholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel.”

“Secretary Blinken assured me that the administration is working day and night to remove these bottlenecks. I certainly hope that’s the case. It should be the case,” Netanyahu further stated.

Netanyahu invokes Churchill

“During World War II, Churchill told the United States, ‘Give us the tools, we’ll do the job.’ And I say, give us the tools and we’ll finish the job a lot faster,” he concluded.

The prime minister made these statements only two days after he dissolved the war cabinet in an attempt to defuse demands by far-right members of his coalition to be included in a small forum that has charted the direction of the Gaza war since the beginning of the war.