New York – VP Biden: Israel Entitled To Defend Its Security.

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    From left, New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Vice President Joe Biden, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, tour beneath a ramp near the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge in New york, Wednesday, June 2, 2010.  Vice President Biden appearance mark the start of the Brooklyn Bridge Rehabilitation Project with $30 million of stimulus funding.  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)New York – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday defended Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip and its decision to intercept the pro-Palestinian flotilla bringing humanitarian aid to the coastal territory, though he did not go so far as to defend the Israel Navy raid that killed nine people two days earlier.

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    In an interview with Charlie Rose, Biden pointed out that Israel had given pro-Palestinian activists the option of unloading their cargo at the Ashdod port, and offered to bring it to the Gaza Strip on their behalf.

    “They’ve said, ‘Here you go. You’re in the Mediterranean. This ship — if you divert slightly north you can unload it and we’ll get the stuff into Gaza,'”, he said. “So what’s the big deal here? What’s the big deal of insisting it go straight to Gaza? Well, it’s legitimate for Israel to say, ‘I don’t know what’s on that ship. These guys are dropping… 3,000 rockets on my people.

    “Look, you can argue whether Israel should have dropped people onto that ship or not — but the truth of the matter is, Israel has a right to know — they’re at war with Hamas — has a right to know whether or not arms are being smuggled in.”

    During the interview, Biden also blamed Hamas for the crisis that has wracked the coastal territory and for the ongoing state of conflict with Israel.

    “As we put pressure, and the world put pressure on Israel to let material go into Gaza to help those people who are suffering, the ordinary Palestinians there, what happened? Hamas would confiscate it, put it in a warehouse [and] sell it.

    “So the problem is this would end tomorrow if Hamas agreed to form a government with the Palestinian Authority on the conditions the international community has set up,” Biden told Rose.


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    Chaim
    Chaim
    13 years ago

    Kudos to the honorable Mr. Biden, a true ohev yisroel.
    May you be blessed

    joey
    joey
    13 years ago

    kol hakavod mr biden. I must say that i pleased with the reaction of the administration on this one.

    bh
    bh
    13 years ago

    Biden has always been a friend and defender of Israel throughout his more than 3 decades in Washignton.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Thank You Mr Joe Biden.he said it as it is. Thanks!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Have we so soon forgotten Biden’s prior actions?

    Obama's shik yingel
    Obama's shik yingel
    13 years ago

    I’ll be happier when I hear those words from his boss, BHO. I doubt that’ll ever happen though.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Is he the vice president in the Obama admistration?

    Does Obama know what his VP said?
    I’m shocked!!

    Good Job VP and hope the world will follow your steps and condem Hamas instead of Israel.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Thank you Mr. Biden!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Wow. Say it loud, say it often, Mr. VP.

    yehudi
    yehudi
    13 years ago

    Mr Biden, can you please teach your boss!!!

    Food for thought
    Food for thought
    13 years ago

    Reasons why Israel and Hamas wont allow the aid to go through.

    Israel-There might be weapons

    Hamas-There might be food, and humanitarian aid .

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    well said – i hope the whole world hears this opinion

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    A dollar short and a day late. We need a security council meeting to investigate the Turks and we need to throw them out of NATO. Sorry Mr. Biden don’t offer condolences to the turks and maybe I will believe you next time.

    cowards
    cowards
    13 years ago

    Don’t be naïve he’s hanging around yidden, he’s a little late……he’s a schmoozer,YIDDIN their is NO support for EY only HKBH einy hashem ……maraishis ad acharis hashono.

    rt
    rt
    13 years ago

    the Ribbono shel Olam has certainly provided us with the support & benevolence of the U.S. govt, we must do our part to show our appreciation to them & more important-to ever increase our tefillos, limud haTorah & asiyos mitzvos

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    I’m confused, it seems like this administration is talking out of both side of the mouth! Have any of you heard what Sec of State Clinton was saying today?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    abama is not talking
    he’s a small child
    he has to let biden talk
    as if its not comming from him
    in NOVEMBER
    abama will see what’s going to be

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    VP Biden is known to let his mouth run. There has been repeated incidents where he misspoke. I doubt he was speaking for the administration when he made those comments. on the positive side, its good to see where his heart lies.

    zionist
    zionist
    13 years ago

    how naive can you be?it doesnt matter what biden says to a couple of jewish people
    let the state dept. stand up and say this to the world, huh??

    they wont- because the american gov. today is an enemy of israel

    WAKE UP!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    The only ohev yisroel in the white house

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    If we hear this from biden dosent mean that obama agrees, biden talks like a babe he can’t control his self

    ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
    ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
    13 years ago

    i’m wondering why i didn’t hear about this in the news (CBS CNN etc…)

    ce
    ce
    13 years ago

    saying they are “at war” gives Hamas a status I don’t like. He should better have said that they are attacked by Hamas. But good that he said that Israel had right to defend. Its a bit obvious that obama wasnt the one to say it, doesnt that implicate his reputation as further questionable?

    Al Freeman
    Al Freeman
    13 years ago

    As the good proverb says: “Only in deep trouble one learns who is his true friend.”