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June 28, 2024

Israeli Defense Minister Meets U.S. Officials, Threatens to Bomb Lebanon "Back to the Stone Age"
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The Biden administration is defending the pace of its arms shipments to
Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the U.S. of
slow-rolling military assistance. This week, the White House boasted
that it had supplied Israel with $6.5 billion in military aid since last
October. The disclosure came as senior U.S. officials held talks with an
Israeli delegation headed by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who on
Wednesday told reporters in Washington, D.C., that Israel was prepared
to bomb Lebanon "back to the Stone Age" unless Hezbollah halts
cross-border attacks. On Wednesday, Gallant was confronted by a peace
activist with Code Pink after meeting with key members of Congress on
Capitol Hill.

Code Pink activist: "Gallant, you are a war criminal! How dare you enter
our city and our country? You're a war criminal! You have literally
killed thousands of Palestinians, carrying out the genocide in
Palestine! Shame on you! And shame on you for letting them in here!
Shame on all of you for protecting a war criminal!"



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