US President Joe Biden was "wrong" to imply that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's actions in Gaza are "hurting Israel," according to Netanyahu, who also asserts that "the overwhelming majority" of his countrymen back his maximalist war goals.
Netanyahu has to "pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost" in the Palestinian enclave, Biden said MSNBC on Saturday, as the dead toll from the IDF's assault in Gaza has surpassed 31,000. Later, Biden said that Netanyahu is "hurting Israel more than he is helping Israel" and that Washington would "red line" an Israeli assault on Rafah, a city in the southern part of the Gaza Strip where over a million Gazans have sought safety.
“I am not sure exactly what the president intended,” Netanyahu said to the German tabloid Bild on Sunday. “But if he intended to say that I am following my own policies against the wishes of most Israelis and that this is harming Israel’s interests, then he is wrong on both counts.”
"The vast majority of Israelis support these policies," Netanyahu went on. "The action we are taking to destroy Hamas's remaining terrorist battalions is supported by the Israelis." It is said that placing the Palestinian Authority in control of Gaza once Hamas is destroyed is the last course of action.
Additionally, they agree with my viewpoint that we must to forcefully oppose any effort to force a Palestinian state down our throats.
Until Israel achieves a "total victory" over Hamas, Netanyahu has vowed to keep fighting in Gaza. Additionally, he said that Israel will have "full security control" over the "entire area west of Jordan," a declaration that effectively means that Israel would retake Gaza and prevents the creation of an independent Palestinian state.
These programs have widespread public support, notwithstanding Netanyahu's unpopularity in Israel. In an interview published this month, the Israel Democracy Institute revealed that 63% of Israelis are against the establishment of a Palestinian state, while 81% of respondents to a recent poll by the Israel Hayom newspaper agreed that “military pressure should be applied to Hamas” until its leaders agree to release the approximately 100 Israeli hostages still held captive.
A little over 68% of Jewish participants in the survey expressed opposition to sending humanitarian supplies to Gaza, a demand that Biden has made of Netanyahu on many occasions.
Netanyahu told Bild that he plans to rebel against the US and advance his soldiers into Rafah, a further blow to Biden. An Israeli attack "may lead to a slaughter" of civilians, the UN has warned, with over a million Palestinians who have been forced to flee their homes taking refuge in the city.
Netanyahu said, "We are going there." "We will not be leaving. I have an indicator that is red. Can you identify what the red line is? October 7th does not occur once again. Never takes place once again."
On October 7, Hamas militants launched an assault on Israel, resulting in the deaths of almost 1,200 persons and the return of over 200 captives to Gaza. As a response, Netanyahu imposed an almost complete blockade on the enclave and declared war on the violent Palestinian organization. As to the health ministry of Gaza, throughout the conflict that lasted for little more than five months, Israeli troops murdered nearly 31,000 Palestinians, the majority of them were civilians.
Netanyahu has to "pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost" in the Palestinian enclave, Biden said MSNBC on Saturday, as the dead toll from the IDF's assault in Gaza has surpassed 31,000. Later, Biden said that Netanyahu is "hurting Israel more than he is helping Israel" and that Washington would "red line" an Israeli assault on Rafah, a city in the southern part of the Gaza Strip where over a million Gazans have sought safety.
“I am not sure exactly what the president intended,” Netanyahu said to the German tabloid Bild on Sunday. “But if he intended to say that I am following my own policies against the wishes of most Israelis and that this is harming Israel’s interests, then he is wrong on both counts.”
"The vast majority of Israelis support these policies," Netanyahu went on. "The action we are taking to destroy Hamas's remaining terrorist battalions is supported by the Israelis." It is said that placing the Palestinian Authority in control of Gaza once Hamas is destroyed is the last course of action.
Additionally, they agree with my viewpoint that we must to forcefully oppose any effort to force a Palestinian state down our throats.
Until Israel achieves a "total victory" over Hamas, Netanyahu has vowed to keep fighting in Gaza. Additionally, he said that Israel will have "full security control" over the "entire area west of Jordan," a declaration that effectively means that Israel would retake Gaza and prevents the creation of an independent Palestinian state.
These programs have widespread public support, notwithstanding Netanyahu's unpopularity in Israel. In an interview published this month, the Israel Democracy Institute revealed that 63% of Israelis are against the establishment of a Palestinian state, while 81% of respondents to a recent poll by the Israel Hayom newspaper agreed that “military pressure should be applied to Hamas” until its leaders agree to release the approximately 100 Israeli hostages still held captive.
A little over 68% of Jewish participants in the survey expressed opposition to sending humanitarian supplies to Gaza, a demand that Biden has made of Netanyahu on many occasions.
Netanyahu told Bild that he plans to rebel against the US and advance his soldiers into Rafah, a further blow to Biden. An Israeli attack "may lead to a slaughter" of civilians, the UN has warned, with over a million Palestinians who have been forced to flee their homes taking refuge in the city.
Netanyahu said, "We are going there." "We will not be leaving. I have an indicator that is red. Can you identify what the red line is? October 7th does not occur once again. Never takes place once again."
On October 7, Hamas militants launched an assault on Israel, resulting in the deaths of almost 1,200 persons and the return of over 200 captives to Gaza. As a response, Netanyahu imposed an almost complete blockade on the enclave and declared war on the violent Palestinian organization. As to the health ministry of Gaza, throughout the conflict that lasted for little more than five months, Israeli troops murdered nearly 31,000 Palestinians, the majority of them were civilians.
