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US in control of Israeli decision-making process: Ex-deputy CofS

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  • Source: Israeli media
  • 23 Oct 2023 00:24
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"Israel's" former deputy chief of staff has told the media that the US has pushed the Israeli political and military circles not to open other fronts.

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  • US took control of Israeli 'defense decisions': Ex-deputy CofS
    US President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House, United States, October 19, 2023 (AP)

The United States has taken over "Israel's" decision-making power in the field of security, former deputy chief of staff of the Israeli occupation forces, Yair Golan, said as quoted by Channel 12.

"The right to open another front" is no longer ours, Golan told a Channel 12 anchor.

The former official and current Reserve Major General said that US President Joe Biden and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken "came to Israel and sent two fighting groups not to request [that "Israel" opens another front] but to impose on Israel" not to open other fronts.

Blinken recently said the US does not want to see a second or third front be opened up as he addressed wide-ranging events in which Israeli and American assets in the Middle East were targeted by the Resistance faction in response to the continued aggression against Gaza.

However, Blinken did say the US will respond if its personnel do come under the line of fire.

Nonetheless, Golan said the US official's statements clearly indicate that "Israel" has lost agency over "independent decisions."

Moreover, former Israeli foreign affairs and security official Zvi Hauser told Channel 12 that "Israel" has lost the ability to independently "defend itself" as he responded to a question on the US involvement in "Tel Aviv" security decision-making.

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"If any group or any country is looking to widen this conflict and take advantage of this very unfortunate situation that we see, our advice is: don't," said Austin following a Pentagon announcement that the US will be increasing its presence, and thus spending, in the region.

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