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for more on this, i spoke to former pentagon official — and middle east advisor — jasmine el gamal.een these warnings and circle frustrations and so—called frustrations from the american administration at the israeli prime ministerfor months now. they continue to get stronger and this is for sure the strongest wording that the president has used. but the president also has not brought to bear anything he might do if prime minister netanyahu refuses to heed his advice. if i were president netanyahu, i would say no—one has really stepped in to stop me for the last four months, why would they do so now? and that's where we are in this incredibly critical juncture in the war right now. you have 1.5 million palestinians, many of them displaced several times over from the north down south to khan younis, and now further south to rafah who literally have no place to go as the prime minister of israel is saying we now want to evacuate you and start further operations there. jasminr, washington sends about $3.8 billion in military aid to israel each year, around £3 billion, is that a card pr

i'm joined now by political analyst and former middle east advisor at the pentagon, jasmine el—gamal.about the policy being incoherent?— john bolton were saying about the policy being incoherent? there is a lot of criticism _ policy being incoherent? there is a lot of criticism right _ policy being incoherent? there is a lot of criticism right now _ policy being incoherent? there is a lot of criticism right now at - policy being incoherent? there is a lot of criticism right now at the - lot of criticism right now at the biden administration both from former officials likejohn bolton as well as former generals in the us military who are talking about face a strategy or lack of a strategic vision for the us in the middle east. i have spoken about this before several times as well and i've talked about the difference between tactical moves and strategic vision. the fact is that what's been happening over the last few weeks and since october seven and the israeli response is they have been this dramatic rise in attacks against us interests and us allies, commercial shipping by these iran