乔·拜登总统的一个重要参议院盟友和一个重要外交事务委员会的最高众议院共和党人周日提出了截然不同的观点拜登的警告他可以暂停一些军事援助以色列.
在周日与《本周》节目主持人玛莎·拉达茨、参议员克里斯·库恩斯的单独采访中。他表示，如果以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡在没有对平民提供足够保护的情况下下令全面入侵拉法，他愿意暂停向以色列运送美国向以色列提供的一些最大型武器。众议院外交事务委员会主席、德克萨斯州共和党众议员迈克尔·麦克考尔表示，拜登的警告向盟友和敌人发出了危险信号。
响应出现在国务院和国防部写道根据周五的一份新报告，尽管“很难解决个别事件或就个别事件得出结论”，但鉴于“以色列严重依赖美国制造的国防物品”，有理由评估某些物品在“不符合”以色列国际法义务的情况下被使用。
该报告由国家安全备忘录20授权，旨在调查美国提供的武器在活跃冲突地区的使用情况。据拜登政府的一名高级官员透露，在NSM-20报告提交给国会时，以色列官员听取了报告的内容。
“我认为，无论什么弹药，比如此前在加沙使用的2000枚炸弹，都只能由美国提供，可能会造成大量平民伤亡，”库恩斯说。他指出，防御性武器的运送不会停止，哈马斯将平民用作“人盾”也是造成死亡的原因之一。
拜登政府选择暂停向伊朗运送约3500枚炸弹以色列一名高级政府官员此前告诉ABC新闻，本月早些时候，由于担心这些武器可能被用于拉法，那里有100多万平民“无处可去”。
“我希望内塔尼亚胡总理正在考虑他的遗产”:参议员克里斯·库恩斯
美国广播公司新闻的玛莎·拉达茨采访了民主党参议员克里斯·库恩斯。在“本周”节目中。
“你当然要跟〖答〗出条件人道主义的[计划]到位，当然，你希望帐篷到位，但要说你不能入侵拉法，”麦考尔在自己的采访中说，指的是在加沙南部城市避难的巴勒斯坦人我们告诉以色列人决定他们的军事战略。这是最后一点，完成他们军事目标的最后一步。对我们来说，介入并说不，你不能进入拉法并完成我认为相当于武器禁运的工作。"
拜登威胁扣留武器告诉盟友“你不能指望美国”:麦考尔
美国广播公司新闻的玛莎·拉德达茨在“本周”节目中采访了德克萨斯州共和党众议员迈克尔·麦克考尔。
他们的回应也正值拜登和内塔尼亚胡之间的公开分歧越来越大。
奥巴马总统一再对以色列在加沙的军事行动中不断上升的伤亡人数表示担忧，这场军事行动是在哈马斯10月7日发动恐怖袭击后发起的。这种担忧升级为警告，即如果拉法遭到入侵而没有将难民转移到安全地区，某些武器运送可能会被停止。
与此同时，内塔尼亚胡坚持说，以色列不会迫于压力而改变其军事计划，如果它愿意，它已经有足够的武器来攻击拉法。内塔尼亚胡说过拉法的行动是不可避免的也是消灭哈马斯的必要手段。
批评总统的人说，国务院的备忘录和拜登的警告是不够的，马里兰州民主党参议员克里斯·范·霍伦(Chris Van Hollen)上周说，报告“回避了所有困难的问题”——库恩斯试图淡化这一说法。
“嗯，我不同意，”库恩斯告诉拉达茨。“我认为拜登总统已经采取了强有力的行动，以至于他最近的公开声明遭到了很多反对。”
然而，麦克考尔说，他认为拜登的警告太过分了。
“内塔尼亚胡说，我已经和他谈过了，‘如果有必要，我会独自完成这件事。’重要的是，玛莎，这是我们向世界其他国家发出的信号和信息，你不能依靠美国，不能相信美国，”他说。
然而，两位议员都对加沙的严峻局势表示担忧，库恩斯告诉拉达茨，和平解决方案可能有助于为以色列打开加沙地带以外的大门。
“我希望内塔尼亚胡总理正在思考他的遗产。现在，他的遗产是10月7日的巨大战略和防御失败，他的遗产可能是一个真正的缺口，是美国和以色列之间长期牢固的两党战略关系的中断。我认为那将是悲剧。相反，他的遗产可能是为以色列实现地区安全与和平，”他说，并指出与沙特阿拉伯等国家实现和平的可能性。
Coons, McCaul weigh in on Israel report, possible weapons pause
A key Senate ally to President Joe Biden and the top House Republican on a key foreign affairs committee offered starkly different views Sunday onBiden's warningthat he could suspend some military aid toIsrael.
In separate interviews Sunday with "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., expressed openness to suspending delivery of some of the largest weapons the United States has sent Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a full invasion of Rafah without sufficient protections for civilians in place. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Biden's warning sent a dangerous signal to allies and foes alike.
The responses come after theDepartments of State and Defense wrotethat while it is "difficult to address or reach conclusive findings on individual incidents," given "Israel's significant reliance on U.S.-made defense articles," it's "reasonable to assess" that some have been used in instances "inconsistent" with Israel's obligation under international law, according to a new report Friday.
The report was mandated by National Security Memorandum 20 to examine the use of U.S.-supplied arms in active conflict zones. Israeli officials were briefed on the contents of the NSM-20 report around the time it was given to Congress, according to a senior Biden administration official.
"I think whatever munitions, such as the 2,000 bombs that have previously been used in Gaza, that are supplied only by the United States, and that can cause massive civilian casualties may well be paused," said Coons, who noted that defensive weapons deliveries would not stop and that Hamas' use of civilians as "human shields" plays a role in the deaths.
The Biden administration opted to pause a shipment of some 3,500 bombs toIsraelearlier this month because of concerns the weapons could be used in Rafah, where more than one million civilians are sheltering "with nowhere else to go," a senior administration official previously told ABC News.
‘I hope Prime Minister Netanyahu is thinking about his legacy’: Sen. Chris Coons
ABC News’ Martha Raddatz interviews Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., on “This Week.”
"Of course you want the conditions with [a]humanitarian[plan] to be in place, of course, you want the tents in place, but to say you cannot invade Rafah," McCaul said in his own interview, referencing the Palestinians who have taken refuge in the southern Gaza city. "We're telling the Israelis dictating their military strategy. This is the last point, the last step in the completion of their military objective. And for us to step in and say no, you can't go into Rafah and finish the job I think is tantamount to an arms embargo."
Biden’s threat to withhold weapons tells allies ‘you can’t count on the US’: McCaul
ABC News’ Martha Raddatz interviews Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, on “This Week.”
Their responses also come amid a growing public rift between Biden and Netanyahu.
The president has repeatedly voiced concerns over the rising casualties from Israel's military campaign in Gaza, which was launched after Hamas' Oct. 7 terrorist attack. The concerns boiled over into warnings that certain weapons deliveries could be halted if Rafah is invaded without moving refugees into a safe area.
Netanyahu, meanwhile, insisted Israel will not be pressured into altering its military plans and that it already has enough weapons to attack Rafah if it so chooses. Netanyahu has saidoperations in Rafah are inevitableand necessary to eliminate Hamas.
Critics of the president have said the State Department memo and Biden's warning are insufficient, with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., saying last week that the report "ducked all the hard questions" -- an assertion Coons sought to downplay.
"Well, I disagree," Coons told Raddatz. "I think President Biden has taken forceful action, so much so there's been a lot of blowback for his recent public statement."
McCaul, however, said he thought Biden's warning went too far.
"Netanyahu said, I've talked to him, 'I'm going to do this alone if I have to.' Where it matters, Martha, is the signal and the message we're sending the rest of the world that you can't count on the United States, can't trust the United States," he said.
Both lawmakers, however, expressed concern about the dire situation in Gaza, with Coons telling Raddatz a peaceful solution could help open doors for Israel beyond the strip.
"I hope Prime Minister Netanyahu is thinking about his legacy. Right now, his legacy is the huge strategic and defensive failure of Oct. 7, and his legacy could be a real gap, a break in the long, strong bipartisan strategic relationship between the United States and Israel. I think that would be tragic. His legacy could instead be achieving regional security and peace for Israel," he said, noting possibilities for peace with countries like Saudi Arabia.
