Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Joe Biden spoke on phone on Monday after almost a month, amid increased tensions with the US over the food crisis in Gaza and Israel's continued military operations in the region. This conversation between the US President and the Israeli Prime Minister This happened when recently Senate member Chuck Schumer strongly criticized Netanyahu for his handling of the war in Gaza. He had called on Israeli citizens to hold new elections. Republican leaders and Israeli officials in Washington immediately expressed their displeasure over this comment of Chuck Schumer.
Israeli officials had accused Joe Biden's aide Chuck Schumer of interfering in its internal affairs. Giving information about the phone call conversation between Netanyahu and Biden, the White House said, 'President Biden told Prime Minister Netanyahu that the Israeli ground operation in Rafah, Gaza would be a big mistake. Netanyahu also agreed to Biden's request to send a delegation of senior Israeli officials to Washington to discuss Israel's plans and possible options regarding Rafah.
'Israel will not stop until it achieves goals against Hamas'
However, Benjamin Netanyahu said he stressed in his talks with Joe Biden that Israel will not stop until it achieves all its goals against Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group responsible for the October 7 attacks. His statement indicates the tension in the relations between the two countries. Benjamin Netanyahu wrote in a post on X, 'This evening I spoke to US President Joe Biden. We discussed the latest developments in the war, including Israel's commitment to achieving all the goals of the war.
Netanyahu wrote of the goals of the war, 'to eliminate Hamas, free all our hostages, and ensure that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel—as well as providing the necessary humanitarian assistance that is needed to achieve these goals. Will help'. Let us tell you that both the leaders last talked on 15 February. Joe Biden then criticized Israel for the deaths of Palestinian civilians in Gaza and creating a serious humanitarian crisis in the region. Let us tell you that the war between Israel and Hamas has been going on in Gaza for more than five months. More than 30 thousand people have been killed in this and lakhs of people have been displaced.
'We did not call for new elections in the US after 9/11'
The Joe Biden administration fears that Israel may launch a ground operation in Rafah, southern Gaza, as it seeks to root out Hamas after the deadly October 7, 2023 attack. The Biden administration has warned that the US will not support such an operation without Israel presenting a credible plan to ensure the safety of innocent Palestinian civilians. Netanyahu on Sunday criticized Chuck Schumer's call for Israeli citizens to hold new elections, calling it 'completely inappropriate'. He had said, 'After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Israel did not call for new elections in America. We are not a banana republic. The people of Israel will decide when elections will be held and whom they will elect. This is not something that will be imposed on us.
