Distrustful of Biden-Harris Admin, Israel Declines To Share Info On Upcoming Iran Attack

Israel is reportedly declining to share details about its upcoming attack on Iran with the Biden-Harris administration because it does not trust the administration.

U.S. officials were hoping to get details and a list of potential targets Israel was considering when Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visited Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin this week. But that all went out the window when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked Gallant’s trip to Washington, D.C.

Israeli officials have accused the Biden-Harris administration of leaking its plans to the media in hopes that doing so will limit Israel’s ability to carry out missions successfully, thus dissuading Israel from taking action. Netanyahu spoke briefly with President Joe Biden on the phone Wednesday. An Israeli official told The Wall Street Journal that no specifics were discussed, since the communication was over the phone.

“Our strike will be lethal, precise and above all, surprising. They won’t understand what happened and how. They will see the results,” Gallant told Israeli soldiers on Wednesday. “Whoever strikes us will be harmed and pay a price.”

The Biden-Harris administration is trying to restrain Israel’s response to Iran because a full-blown war between the two could significantly impact Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign for a variety of reasons.

A new war would be yet another damaging mark against the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous foreign policy record. A war with Iran would negatively impact markets and send the price of oil skyrocketing, especially since Iran’s terrorist proxy groups have threatened to wipe out oil facilities in the neighboring Gulf states.

A war between the two could also further erode Harris’ support among the Islamic community in the U.S., particularly in Michigan, a swing state that she needs to win if she wants to become president.

The administration is pressuring Israel to not hit Iran’s nuclear and oil facilities — but, given Israel’s recent military operations, that pressure is unlikely to influence Israel’s decisions.

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Israel detonated thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies that contained hidden explosives last month without warning the United States in advance. It has also killed top Hezbollah officials in Lebanon, including the group’s leader, Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, without warning.

Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), said that the Biden-Harris administration was being shortsighted by urging Israel to restrain itself.

“President Biden has given explicit assurances in written pledges to the Israelis that he will use all elements of American power to ensure that the Islamic Republic doesn’t obtain nuclear weapons,” he said. “But now we see him trying to limit Israel’s ability to act decisively by opposing strikes on nuclear facilities as well as oil fields.”

“This sends a message to American allies and adversaries that we won’t honor our security pledges and that we’ll block our allies from defending their own security,” he added.