Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Gaza Ministry of Health: Direct threats to residential areas surrounding hospitals are part of "Israel’s" systematic plan targeting the healthcare system
Gaza Ministry of Health: We renew our urgent appeal to the relevant authorities to intervene and protect healthcare institutions
Gaza Ministry of Health: We warn against reaching the point of a complete collapse of the healthcare system in the southern part of the Strip
Gaza Health Ministry: Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis going out of service would lead to a humanitarian disaster with unpredictable consequences
Palestinian sources: Several displaced Palestinians were reportedly injured after being targeted by occupation forces while waiting for aid west of Rafah
Israeli media: A senior European Union official hinted that 'Israel' would be held accountable for violating international law in Gaza
Al-Qassam Brigades spokesperson Abu Obeida: The losses incurred by the occupation today in Khan Younis and Jabalia are an extension of a series of top-tier operations
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in South Lebanon: The invading Israeli force is digging a trench and erecting earthen berms, amid detected activity suggesting preparations to install espionage equipment
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in South Lebanon: An Israeli force breaches the "technical fence" in the Wazzani area
Israeli media: 4 Israeli soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip

Biden still disagrees with Netanyahu over Rafah, asks for meeting

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 18 Mar 2024 21:45
  • 1 Shares
3 Min Read

US President Joe Biden further expressed his disapproval of Netanyahu's Rafah invasion plan and demanded a meeting with Israeli officials,

  • x
  • 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."

Related News

Conference to recognize Palestinian state shifts to gradual steps

US weighs $500 million for GHF amid aid controversy: Reuters

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".

  • war on Gaza
  • Palestine
  • Israeli aggression
  • Israel
  • Israeli occupation forces
  • Rafah
  • Benjamin Netanyahu
  • Israeli occupation
  • Joe Biden
War on Gaza

War on Gaza

Most Read

Lebanon's PM Nawaf Salam meets with US envoy Morgan Ortagus in Beirut on April 5, 2025 (Dalati Nohra via AP)AP)

Morgan Ortagus to exit US role in Lebanon amid policy shift

  • Politics
  • 1 Jun 2025
A Palestinian woman mourns as she embraces the body of her daughter Mayar Abu Odeh, 8, who was killed in an Israeli army strike on Gaza. at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP)

French port workers block arms shipment to 'Israel' amid Gaza genocide

  • Politics
  • 4 Jun 2025
It may well be due to the longstanding relationship between MI6 and HTS, via Inter Mediate, that Britain was the first Western country to recognise their assumption of government in Syria. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zeinab El-Hajj)

How MI6 helped HTS seize Syria

  • Opinion
  • 31 May 2025
New Syrian group claims Golan strike, vows resistance to 'Israel'

New Syrian group claims Golan strike, vows resistance to 'Israel'

  • Politics
  • 4 Jun 2025

Coverage

All
War on Gaza

Read Next

All
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/pentagon-chief--nato-likely-to-back-trump-s-5--defence-spend
Politics

Europe spent $3 trillion on defense, but got little in return - FT

Power, parties, and scandal: Trump’s ties to Epstein: Telegraph
Europe

Power, parties, and scandal: Trump’s ties to Epstein - The Telegraph

Eilat port as seen from the sea, occupied Palestine, March 12 2009 (wikimedia commons)
Politics

YAF operations forced 80% plunge in Eilat port revenues in 2024

EU backs International Criminal Court after US sanctions judges
Europe

EU backs International Criminal Court after US sanctions judges

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS