Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described calls from a US Senate leader for a new election as “wholly inappropriate” amid protests against his leadership in Tel Aviv.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has railed against growing criticism from the United States against his leadership amid the devastating war with Hamas, describing calls for a new election as “wholly inappropriate”.
Netanyahu told Fox News that Israel never would have called for a new US election after the September 11 attacks in 2001, and denounced Schumer’s comments as inappropriate. The US supports a new round of talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in exchange for the return of Israeli hostages taken in Hamas’ October 7 attack.The Israeli delegation to those talks was expected to leave for Qatar after Monday morning meetings of the Security Cabinet and War Cabinet, which will give directions for negotiations.
Netanyahu also reiterated his determination to attack Hamas in Rafah and said that his government approved military plans for such an operation. “We are also very concerned about the risks a full-scale offensive in Rafah would have on the vulnerable civilian population. This needs to be avoided at all costs,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after meeting with el-Sisi.
Alon Pinkas, a former Israeli consul-general in New York and an outspoken critic of Netanyahu, said that the prime minister’s comments fit with his efforts to find someone else to blame if Israel doesn’t achieve its goal of destroying Hamas.Both sides have something to gain politically from the dispute. The Biden administration is under increasing pressure from progressive Democrats and some Arab-American supporters to restrain Israel’s war against Hamas.
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