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Biden still disagrees with Netanyahu over Rafah, asks for meeting

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 18 Mar 2024 21:45
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US President Joe Biden further expressed his disapproval of Netanyahu's Rafah invasion plan and demanded a meeting with Israeli officials,

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  • Biden still disagrees with Netanyahu over Rafah, asks for meeting
    White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

US President Joe Biden informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today that he was deeply concerned by Israeli plans for a ground incursion into Rafah labeling it as a "mistake," the White House revealed.

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stated that Netanyahu accepted Biden's request to send a delegation of Israeli officials to Washington for talks about the Israeli plan and a potential "alternative approach." 

"Today, President Biden asked the Prime Minister to send a senior interagency team composed of military intelligence and humanitarian officials to Washington in the coming days to hear US concerns about Israel's current Rafah planning and to lay out an alternative approach that would target Hamas...without a major ground invasion," Sullivan stated during a press briefing.

Sullivan said that Biden informed Netanyahu of the need to adopt a "coherent and sustainable strategy to get rid of Hamas."

Just yesterday, Netanyahu went ballistic on his allies

Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, lashed out on March 17 at "Israel’s" allies and accused them of having a short memory regarding the Palestinian Resistance Operation on October 7.

Netanyahu did not only shade his allies at the start of the cabinet meeting, but he also further insisted that "Israel" will not end its offensive on Gaza, including in the city of Rafah, despite increasing international pressure urging the occupation not to. 

Taking a jab at Biden without actually naming him, Netanyahu said, “To our friends in the international community, I say: is your memory so short? So quickly you forgot about Oct. 7, the worst massacre committed against Jews since the Holocaust?"

In further attempts to try and paint "Israel" as the victim, Netanyahu outcried, “So quickly you are ready to deny Israel the right to defend itself against the monsters of Hamas?”

It is no surprise that Netanyahu played the "October 7" card yesterday to justify the expansion of his genocide against Palestinians as his allies, mainly Joe Biden, vocally expressed their disapproval of any Rafah invasion repeatedly since Netanyahu announced it. Instead, there were calls for more surgical operations in the densely populated region with demands to ensure the safety of civilians, which "Israel", of course, failed to present.

Netanyahu managed to pull the same "October 7" card earlier this month when Biden labeled the Rafah invasion as a "red line".

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