The United Nations said in February that more than a quarter of Gaza’s 2.3 million people were “estimated to be facing catastrophic levels of deprivation and starvation.”
While Biden’s disdain for Netanyahu’s coalition government is nothing new, Israel’s new willingness to transparently push back on the US administration is a welcome, if uncomfortable development.
Gantz's US trip not only spotlights his independence from Netanyahu, it positions him as the prime frontrunner to become Israel's new Prime Minister.
“The situation for children, for women, for men who are caught in this crossfire of Hamas’s making inside of Gaza is unacceptable and unsustainable," Blinken said.
Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and rising tensions with the US, Minister Benny Gantz will visit Washington and meet several senior members of the Biden administration.
Despite US pressure against reoccupying Gaza, Netanyahu has repeatedly said Israel will maintain security over the densely populated enclave once the war ends.
Michigan is expected to play a decisive role in the head-to-head Nov. 5 US presidential election, a likely rematch between Biden and Trump.
By treating politics as transactional, Americans keep underestimating most Palestinians’ apocalyptic, all-or-nothing zealotry.
Israel is being asked to comply with new regulations demanding the use of US arms in accordance to international law and the allowance of US aid deliveries.
The Biden administration is making overtures to Arab-Americans in Dearborn, Michigan in an effort to solidify the Arab vote while maintaining support for Israel.
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