Washington
CNN
—
President Joe Biden spoke by cellphone Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, their first recognized interplay in additional than a month as a rift deepens between the 2 males over the battle in Gaza.
Through the name, the White Home stated the leaders mentioned two key areas the place rigidity has emerged within the relationship, together with the need of getting extra humanitarian assist into Gaza and the pending Israeli operation in Rafah, the place greater than one million Palestinian civilians are sheltering.
Biden’s nationwide safety adviser, Jake Sullivan, advised reporters later that the president voiced “deep issues” over Israel’s plans for the Rafah operation throughout his dialog with Netanyahu.
Biden requested Netanyahu to ship a senior delegation of navy leaders to Washington to debate the difficulty additional and to put out another strategy to go after Hamas in Rafah. Netanyahu agreed to dispatch such a gaggle, and Sullivan stated the assembly was prone to happen on the finish of this week or early subsequent week.
“A navy plan can’t succeed with out an built-in humanitarian plan and political plan. And the president has repeatedly made the purpose that persevering with navy operations should be linked to a transparent strategic finish sport,” Sullivan stated on the White Home, noting that extra civilians had died in Gaza than any earlier battle within the enclave and that “anarchy reigns” in components of the strip.
In a press release afterward, Netanyahu stated he advised Biden that Israel was dedicated to reaching its targets in Gaza whereas additionally offering the mandatory humanitarian assist to the enclave.
“We talked in regards to the newest developments within the battle, together with Israel’s dedication to reaching all of the targets of the battle: the elimination of Hamas, the discharge of all our hostages, and the promise that Gaza will now not pose a menace to Israel – whereas offering the mandatory humanitarian assist that helps obtain these targets,” Netanyahu stated, in line with the Prime Minister’s Workplace readout.
Monday’s cellphone name got here days after considered one of Biden’s prime allies in Washington, Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, referred to as for brand spanking new Israeli elections that may lead to Netanyahu’s ouster.
Biden referred to as the speech “good” and stated it mirrored the issues of many People, although didn’t explicitly endorse nor condemn the decision for brand spanking new elections in Israel.
Netanyahu on Sunday forcefully pushed again on Schumer’s speech throughout an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash.
“It’s inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and attempt to exchange the elected management there. That’s one thing that Israel, the Israeli public does by itself, and we’re not a banana republic,” Netanyahu stated on “State of the Union.”
The Biden-Netanyahu relationship has devolved over the previous a number of months as frustration contained in the White Home mounts over what American officers regard as Netanyahu’s rejection of US recommendation on the battle in Gaza.
After talking on a each day or weekly foundation on the onset of the battle, Biden and Netanyahu now converse far much less often. Their final cellphone name earlier than Monday was on February 15 – the longest hole in calls for the reason that October 7 terror assaults that launched the present battle.
Tensions have emerged over permitting extra humanitarian assist to enter the strip, steps to guard civilian casualties and the way forward for an eventual Palestinian state.
Netanyahu raised issues over “a wide range of issues which have come out within the American press” throughout the name, Sullivan stated. Talking Monday, Sullivan declined to element whether or not Netanyahu raised issues about Schumer’s speech. However he stated Biden was not centered on the politics of the battle.
“From President Biden’s perspective, this isn’t a query of politics. It’s not a query of public statements. It’s a query of coverage and technique. That’s what he’s centered on. That’s what he was centered on within the name,” he stated.
Nonetheless, Sullivan famous a sure irony in Netanyahu showing on American tv to complain about political interference.
“You’ve gotten the prime minister talking on American tv about his issues about People interfering in Israeli politics,” Sullivan stated. “After which your query is, ought to People be talking into Israeli politics, which, actually, we don’t do practically as a lot as they converse into ours.”
The White Home has stated an operation in Rafah mustn’t transfer forward and not using a credible plan to guard the civilians sheltering there. As of Monday, officers stated they’d not seen such a plan. Biden stated in an interview final weekend that an invasion of Rafah would quantity to a “pink line,” although didn’t delineate how he would reply and stated he would by no means lower off assist for Israel totally.
Talking with Netanyahu, Biden “defined why he’s so deeply involved in regards to the prospect of Israel conducting main navy operations in Rafah,” Sullivan stated.
He stated these issues fell inside three areas: that civilians sheltering in Rafah have nowhere protected to go; that Rafah is an entry level for important humanitarian help; and that neighboring Egypt has voiced severe issues a couple of potential navy operation there.
“Our place is that Hamas shouldn’t be allowed at safe-haven in Rafah or anyplace else. However a significant floor operation there can be a mistake, it will result in extra harmless civilian deaths,” Sullivan stated.
Sullivan described the decision as “businesslike” and it “didn’t finish abruptly.”
“It led to a very regular method once they had every gotten by way of all of their factors,” Sullivan stated, including the leaders “acknowledge that we’re at a important second on this battle.”
He stated Biden and Netanyahu “share a typical goal that’s for Israel to prevail over Hamas” however that they “have a distinct perspective on this operation and Rafah – and so they went into some element on that and had the chance to elaborate every of their respective views in a full-throated method, in the best way they at all times do when President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu discuss.”
“So in that sense, I’d say this name was very similar to a earlier calls that the 2 of them have had, they every agreed to have the groups get collectively after which they agreed that the 2 of them would keep in contact as we go ahead,” he stated.
Biden and Netanyahu additionally mentioned negotiations for a direct ceasefire for “a number of weeks” in return for releasing hostages held by Hamas and different militants in Gaza.
“We might look to construct on that ceasefire into one thing extra enduring and use the area created by a cessation of hostilities to surge humanitarian help,” Sullivan stated. “To date, the deal has been extra elusive than we’d have hoped, however we’ll preserve urgent as a result of we regard this as an pressing precedence.”
He burdened that Hamas may “finish the disaster tomorrow” and referred to as for extra strain on the group to finish the battle.
Sullivan stated the 2 leaders had agreed to “keep in shut contact” within the days and weeks forward and that the US and Israel had been in “each day contact on each aspect” of the disaster.
This story has been up to date with further developments on Monday.
Washington
CNN
—
President Joe Biden spoke by cellphone Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, their first recognized interplay in additional than a month as a rift deepens between the 2 males over the battle in Gaza.
Through the name, the White Home stated the leaders mentioned two key areas the place rigidity has emerged within the relationship, together with the need of getting extra humanitarian assist into Gaza and the pending Israeli operation in Rafah, the place greater than one million Palestinian civilians are sheltering.
Biden’s nationwide safety adviser, Jake Sullivan, advised reporters later that the president voiced “deep issues” over Israel’s plans for the Rafah operation throughout his dialog with Netanyahu.
Biden requested Netanyahu to ship a senior delegation of navy leaders to Washington to debate the difficulty additional and to put out another strategy to go after Hamas in Rafah. Netanyahu agreed to dispatch such a gaggle, and Sullivan stated the assembly was prone to happen on the finish of this week or early subsequent week.
“A navy plan can’t succeed with out an built-in humanitarian plan and political plan. And the president has repeatedly made the purpose that persevering with navy operations should be linked to a transparent strategic finish sport,” Sullivan stated on the White Home, noting that extra civilians had died in Gaza than any earlier battle within the enclave and that “anarchy reigns” in components of the strip.
In a press release afterward, Netanyahu stated he advised Biden that Israel was dedicated to reaching its targets in Gaza whereas additionally offering the mandatory humanitarian assist to the enclave.
“We talked in regards to the newest developments within the battle, together with Israel’s dedication to reaching all of the targets of the battle: the elimination of Hamas, the discharge of all our hostages, and the promise that Gaza will now not pose a menace to Israel – whereas offering the mandatory humanitarian assist that helps obtain these targets,” Netanyahu stated, in line with the Prime Minister’s Workplace readout.
Monday’s cellphone name got here days after considered one of Biden’s prime allies in Washington, Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, referred to as for brand spanking new Israeli elections that may lead to Netanyahu’s ouster.
Biden referred to as the speech “good” and stated it mirrored the issues of many People, although didn’t explicitly endorse nor condemn the decision for brand spanking new elections in Israel.
Netanyahu on Sunday forcefully pushed again on Schumer’s speech throughout an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash.
“It’s inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and attempt to exchange the elected management there. That’s one thing that Israel, the Israeli public does by itself, and we’re not a banana republic,” Netanyahu stated on “State of the Union.”
The Biden-Netanyahu relationship has devolved over the previous a number of months as frustration contained in the White Home mounts over what American officers regard as Netanyahu’s rejection of US recommendation on the battle in Gaza.
After talking on a each day or weekly foundation on the onset of the battle, Biden and Netanyahu now converse far much less often. Their final cellphone name earlier than Monday was on February 15 – the longest hole in calls for the reason that October 7 terror assaults that launched the present battle.
Tensions have emerged over permitting extra humanitarian assist to enter the strip, steps to guard civilian casualties and the way forward for an eventual Palestinian state.
Netanyahu raised issues over “a wide range of issues which have come out within the American press” throughout the name, Sullivan stated. Talking Monday, Sullivan declined to element whether or not Netanyahu raised issues about Schumer’s speech. However he stated Biden was not centered on the politics of the battle.
“From President Biden’s perspective, this isn’t a query of politics. It’s not a query of public statements. It’s a query of coverage and technique. That’s what he’s centered on. That’s what he was centered on within the name,” he stated.
Nonetheless, Sullivan famous a sure irony in Netanyahu showing on American tv to complain about political interference.
“You’ve gotten the prime minister talking on American tv about his issues about People interfering in Israeli politics,” Sullivan stated. “After which your query is, ought to People be talking into Israeli politics, which, actually, we don’t do practically as a lot as they converse into ours.”
The White Home has stated an operation in Rafah mustn’t transfer forward and not using a credible plan to guard the civilians sheltering there. As of Monday, officers stated they’d not seen such a plan. Biden stated in an interview final weekend that an invasion of Rafah would quantity to a “pink line,” although didn’t delineate how he would reply and stated he would by no means lower off assist for Israel totally.
Talking with Netanyahu, Biden “defined why he’s so deeply involved in regards to the prospect of Israel conducting main navy operations in Rafah,” Sullivan stated.
He stated these issues fell inside three areas: that civilians sheltering in Rafah have nowhere protected to go; that Rafah is an entry level for important humanitarian help; and that neighboring Egypt has voiced severe issues a couple of potential navy operation there.
“Our place is that Hamas shouldn’t be allowed at safe-haven in Rafah or anyplace else. However a significant floor operation there can be a mistake, it will result in extra harmless civilian deaths,” Sullivan stated.
Sullivan described the decision as “businesslike” and it “didn’t finish abruptly.”
“It led to a very regular method once they had every gotten by way of all of their factors,” Sullivan stated, including the leaders “acknowledge that we’re at a important second on this battle.”
He stated Biden and Netanyahu “share a typical goal that’s for Israel to prevail over Hamas” however that they “have a distinct perspective on this operation and Rafah – and so they went into some element on that and had the chance to elaborate every of their respective views in a full-throated method, in the best way they at all times do when President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu discuss.”
“So in that sense, I’d say this name was very similar to a earlier calls that the 2 of them have had, they every agreed to have the groups get collectively after which they agreed that the 2 of them would keep in contact as we go ahead,” he stated.
Biden and Netanyahu additionally mentioned negotiations for a direct ceasefire for “a number of weeks” in return for releasing hostages held by Hamas and different militants in Gaza.
“We might look to construct on that ceasefire into one thing extra enduring and use the area created by a cessation of hostilities to surge humanitarian help,” Sullivan stated. “To date, the deal has been extra elusive than we’d have hoped, however we’ll preserve urgent as a result of we regard this as an pressing precedence.”
He burdened that Hamas may “finish the disaster tomorrow” and referred to as for extra strain on the group to finish the battle.
Sullivan stated the 2 leaders had agreed to “keep in shut contact” within the days and weeks forward and that the US and Israel had been in “each day contact on each aspect” of the disaster.
This story has been up to date with further developments on Monday.
Washington
CNN
—
President Joe Biden spoke by cellphone Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, their first recognized interplay in additional than a month as a rift deepens between the 2 males over the battle in Gaza.
Through the name, the White Home stated the leaders mentioned two key areas the place rigidity has emerged within the relationship, together with the need of getting extra humanitarian assist into Gaza and the pending Israeli operation in Rafah, the place greater than one million Palestinian civilians are sheltering.
Biden’s nationwide safety adviser, Jake Sullivan, advised reporters later that the president voiced “deep issues” over Israel’s plans for the Rafah operation throughout his dialog with Netanyahu.
Biden requested Netanyahu to ship a senior delegation of navy leaders to Washington to debate the difficulty additional and to put out another strategy to go after Hamas in Rafah. Netanyahu agreed to dispatch such a gaggle, and Sullivan stated the assembly was prone to happen on the finish of this week or early subsequent week.
“A navy plan can’t succeed with out an built-in humanitarian plan and political plan. And the president has repeatedly made the purpose that persevering with navy operations should be linked to a transparent strategic finish sport,” Sullivan stated on the White Home, noting that extra civilians had died in Gaza than any earlier battle within the enclave and that “anarchy reigns” in components of the strip.
In a press release afterward, Netanyahu stated he advised Biden that Israel was dedicated to reaching its targets in Gaza whereas additionally offering the mandatory humanitarian assist to the enclave.
“We talked in regards to the newest developments within the battle, together with Israel’s dedication to reaching all of the targets of the battle: the elimination of Hamas, the discharge of all our hostages, and the promise that Gaza will now not pose a menace to Israel – whereas offering the mandatory humanitarian assist that helps obtain these targets,” Netanyahu stated, in line with the Prime Minister’s Workplace readout.
Monday’s cellphone name got here days after considered one of Biden’s prime allies in Washington, Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, referred to as for brand spanking new Israeli elections that may lead to Netanyahu’s ouster.
Biden referred to as the speech “good” and stated it mirrored the issues of many People, although didn’t explicitly endorse nor condemn the decision for brand spanking new elections in Israel.
Netanyahu on Sunday forcefully pushed again on Schumer’s speech throughout an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash.
“It’s inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and attempt to exchange the elected management there. That’s one thing that Israel, the Israeli public does by itself, and we’re not a banana republic,” Netanyahu stated on “State of the Union.”
The Biden-Netanyahu relationship has devolved over the previous a number of months as frustration contained in the White Home mounts over what American officers regard as Netanyahu’s rejection of US recommendation on the battle in Gaza.
After talking on a each day or weekly foundation on the onset of the battle, Biden and Netanyahu now converse far much less often. Their final cellphone name earlier than Monday was on February 15 – the longest hole in calls for the reason that October 7 terror assaults that launched the present battle.
Tensions have emerged over permitting extra humanitarian assist to enter the strip, steps to guard civilian casualties and the way forward for an eventual Palestinian state.
Netanyahu raised issues over “a wide range of issues which have come out within the American press” throughout the name, Sullivan stated. Talking Monday, Sullivan declined to element whether or not Netanyahu raised issues about Schumer’s speech. However he stated Biden was not centered on the politics of the battle.
“From President Biden’s perspective, this isn’t a query of politics. It’s not a query of public statements. It’s a query of coverage and technique. That’s what he’s centered on. That’s what he was centered on within the name,” he stated.
Nonetheless, Sullivan famous a sure irony in Netanyahu showing on American tv to complain about political interference.
“You’ve gotten the prime minister talking on American tv about his issues about People interfering in Israeli politics,” Sullivan stated. “After which your query is, ought to People be talking into Israeli politics, which, actually, we don’t do practically as a lot as they converse into ours.”
The White Home has stated an operation in Rafah mustn’t transfer forward and not using a credible plan to guard the civilians sheltering there. As of Monday, officers stated they’d not seen such a plan. Biden stated in an interview final weekend that an invasion of Rafah would quantity to a “pink line,” although didn’t delineate how he would reply and stated he would by no means lower off assist for Israel totally.
Talking with Netanyahu, Biden “defined why he’s so deeply involved in regards to the prospect of Israel conducting main navy operations in Rafah,” Sullivan stated.
He stated these issues fell inside three areas: that civilians sheltering in Rafah have nowhere protected to go; that Rafah is an entry level for important humanitarian help; and that neighboring Egypt has voiced severe issues a couple of potential navy operation there.
“Our place is that Hamas shouldn’t be allowed at safe-haven in Rafah or anyplace else. However a significant floor operation there can be a mistake, it will result in extra harmless civilian deaths,” Sullivan stated.
Sullivan described the decision as “businesslike” and it “didn’t finish abruptly.”
“It led to a very regular method once they had every gotten by way of all of their factors,” Sullivan stated, including the leaders “acknowledge that we’re at a important second on this battle.”
He stated Biden and Netanyahu “share a typical goal that’s for Israel to prevail over Hamas” however that they “have a distinct perspective on this operation and Rafah – and so they went into some element on that and had the chance to elaborate every of their respective views in a full-throated method, in the best way they at all times do when President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu discuss.”
“So in that sense, I’d say this name was very similar to a earlier calls that the 2 of them have had, they every agreed to have the groups get collectively after which they agreed that the 2 of them would keep in contact as we go ahead,” he stated.
Biden and Netanyahu additionally mentioned negotiations for a direct ceasefire for “a number of weeks” in return for releasing hostages held by Hamas and different militants in Gaza.
“We might look to construct on that ceasefire into one thing extra enduring and use the area created by a cessation of hostilities to surge humanitarian help,” Sullivan stated. “To date, the deal has been extra elusive than we’d have hoped, however we’ll preserve urgent as a result of we regard this as an pressing precedence.”
He burdened that Hamas may “finish the disaster tomorrow” and referred to as for extra strain on the group to finish the battle.
Sullivan stated the 2 leaders had agreed to “keep in shut contact” within the days and weeks forward and that the US and Israel had been in “each day contact on each aspect” of the disaster.
This story has been up to date with further developments on Monday.
Washington
CNN
—
President Joe Biden spoke by cellphone Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, their first recognized interplay in additional than a month as a rift deepens between the 2 males over the battle in Gaza.
Through the name, the White Home stated the leaders mentioned two key areas the place rigidity has emerged within the relationship, together with the need of getting extra humanitarian assist into Gaza and the pending Israeli operation in Rafah, the place greater than one million Palestinian civilians are sheltering.
Biden’s nationwide safety adviser, Jake Sullivan, advised reporters later that the president voiced “deep issues” over Israel’s plans for the Rafah operation throughout his dialog with Netanyahu.
Biden requested Netanyahu to ship a senior delegation of navy leaders to Washington to debate the difficulty additional and to put out another strategy to go after Hamas in Rafah. Netanyahu agreed to dispatch such a gaggle, and Sullivan stated the assembly was prone to happen on the finish of this week or early subsequent week.
“A navy plan can’t succeed with out an built-in humanitarian plan and political plan. And the president has repeatedly made the purpose that persevering with navy operations should be linked to a transparent strategic finish sport,” Sullivan stated on the White Home, noting that extra civilians had died in Gaza than any earlier battle within the enclave and that “anarchy reigns” in components of the strip.
In a press release afterward, Netanyahu stated he advised Biden that Israel was dedicated to reaching its targets in Gaza whereas additionally offering the mandatory humanitarian assist to the enclave.
“We talked in regards to the newest developments within the battle, together with Israel’s dedication to reaching all of the targets of the battle: the elimination of Hamas, the discharge of all our hostages, and the promise that Gaza will now not pose a menace to Israel – whereas offering the mandatory humanitarian assist that helps obtain these targets,” Netanyahu stated, in line with the Prime Minister’s Workplace readout.
Monday’s cellphone name got here days after considered one of Biden’s prime allies in Washington, Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, referred to as for brand spanking new Israeli elections that may lead to Netanyahu’s ouster.
Biden referred to as the speech “good” and stated it mirrored the issues of many People, although didn’t explicitly endorse nor condemn the decision for brand spanking new elections in Israel.
Netanyahu on Sunday forcefully pushed again on Schumer’s speech throughout an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash.
“It’s inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and attempt to exchange the elected management there. That’s one thing that Israel, the Israeli public does by itself, and we’re not a banana republic,” Netanyahu stated on “State of the Union.”
The Biden-Netanyahu relationship has devolved over the previous a number of months as frustration contained in the White Home mounts over what American officers regard as Netanyahu’s rejection of US recommendation on the battle in Gaza.
After talking on a each day or weekly foundation on the onset of the battle, Biden and Netanyahu now converse far much less often. Their final cellphone name earlier than Monday was on February 15 – the longest hole in calls for the reason that October 7 terror assaults that launched the present battle.
Tensions have emerged over permitting extra humanitarian assist to enter the strip, steps to guard civilian casualties and the way forward for an eventual Palestinian state.
Netanyahu raised issues over “a wide range of issues which have come out within the American press” throughout the name, Sullivan stated. Talking Monday, Sullivan declined to element whether or not Netanyahu raised issues about Schumer’s speech. However he stated Biden was not centered on the politics of the battle.
“From President Biden’s perspective, this isn’t a query of politics. It’s not a query of public statements. It’s a query of coverage and technique. That’s what he’s centered on. That’s what he was centered on within the name,” he stated.
Nonetheless, Sullivan famous a sure irony in Netanyahu showing on American tv to complain about political interference.
“You’ve gotten the prime minister talking on American tv about his issues about People interfering in Israeli politics,” Sullivan stated. “After which your query is, ought to People be talking into Israeli politics, which, actually, we don’t do practically as a lot as they converse into ours.”
The White Home has stated an operation in Rafah mustn’t transfer forward and not using a credible plan to guard the civilians sheltering there. As of Monday, officers stated they’d not seen such a plan. Biden stated in an interview final weekend that an invasion of Rafah would quantity to a “pink line,” although didn’t delineate how he would reply and stated he would by no means lower off assist for Israel totally.
Talking with Netanyahu, Biden “defined why he’s so deeply involved in regards to the prospect of Israel conducting main navy operations in Rafah,” Sullivan stated.
He stated these issues fell inside three areas: that civilians sheltering in Rafah have nowhere protected to go; that Rafah is an entry level for important humanitarian help; and that neighboring Egypt has voiced severe issues a couple of potential navy operation there.
“Our place is that Hamas shouldn’t be allowed at safe-haven in Rafah or anyplace else. However a significant floor operation there can be a mistake, it will result in extra harmless civilian deaths,” Sullivan stated.
Sullivan described the decision as “businesslike” and it “didn’t finish abruptly.”
“It led to a very regular method once they had every gotten by way of all of their factors,” Sullivan stated, including the leaders “acknowledge that we’re at a important second on this battle.”
He stated Biden and Netanyahu “share a typical goal that’s for Israel to prevail over Hamas” however that they “have a distinct perspective on this operation and Rafah – and so they went into some element on that and had the chance to elaborate every of their respective views in a full-throated method, in the best way they at all times do when President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu discuss.”
“So in that sense, I’d say this name was very similar to a earlier calls that the 2 of them have had, they every agreed to have the groups get collectively after which they agreed that the 2 of them would keep in contact as we go ahead,” he stated.
Biden and Netanyahu additionally mentioned negotiations for a direct ceasefire for “a number of weeks” in return for releasing hostages held by Hamas and different militants in Gaza.
“We might look to construct on that ceasefire into one thing extra enduring and use the area created by a cessation of hostilities to surge humanitarian help,” Sullivan stated. “To date, the deal has been extra elusive than we’d have hoped, however we’ll preserve urgent as a result of we regard this as an pressing precedence.”
He burdened that Hamas may “finish the disaster tomorrow” and referred to as for extra strain on the group to finish the battle.
Sullivan stated the 2 leaders had agreed to “keep in shut contact” within the days and weeks forward and that the US and Israel had been in “each day contact on each aspect” of the disaster.
This story has been up to date with further developments on Monday.
Washington
CNN
—
President Joe Biden spoke by cellphone Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, their first recognized interplay in additional than a month as a rift deepens between the 2 males over the battle in Gaza.
Through the name, the White Home stated the leaders mentioned two key areas the place rigidity has emerged within the relationship, together with the need of getting extra humanitarian assist into Gaza and the pending Israeli operation in Rafah, the place greater than one million Palestinian civilians are sheltering.
Biden’s nationwide safety adviser, Jake Sullivan, advised reporters later that the president voiced “deep issues” over Israel’s plans for the Rafah operation throughout his dialog with Netanyahu.
Biden requested Netanyahu to ship a senior delegation of navy leaders to Washington to debate the difficulty additional and to put out another strategy to go after Hamas in Rafah. Netanyahu agreed to dispatch such a gaggle, and Sullivan stated the assembly was prone to happen on the finish of this week or early subsequent week.
“A navy plan can’t succeed with out an built-in humanitarian plan and political plan. And the president has repeatedly made the purpose that persevering with navy operations should be linked to a transparent strategic finish sport,” Sullivan stated on the White Home, noting that extra civilians had died in Gaza than any earlier battle within the enclave and that “anarchy reigns” in components of the strip.
In a press release afterward, Netanyahu stated he advised Biden that Israel was dedicated to reaching its targets in Gaza whereas additionally offering the mandatory humanitarian assist to the enclave.
“We talked in regards to the newest developments within the battle, together with Israel’s dedication to reaching all of the targets of the battle: the elimination of Hamas, the discharge of all our hostages, and the promise that Gaza will now not pose a menace to Israel – whereas offering the mandatory humanitarian assist that helps obtain these targets,” Netanyahu stated, in line with the Prime Minister’s Workplace readout.
Monday’s cellphone name got here days after considered one of Biden’s prime allies in Washington, Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, referred to as for brand spanking new Israeli elections that may lead to Netanyahu’s ouster.
Biden referred to as the speech “good” and stated it mirrored the issues of many People, although didn’t explicitly endorse nor condemn the decision for brand spanking new elections in Israel.
Netanyahu on Sunday forcefully pushed again on Schumer’s speech throughout an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash.
“It’s inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and attempt to exchange the elected management there. That’s one thing that Israel, the Israeli public does by itself, and we’re not a banana republic,” Netanyahu stated on “State of the Union.”
The Biden-Netanyahu relationship has devolved over the previous a number of months as frustration contained in the White Home mounts over what American officers regard as Netanyahu’s rejection of US recommendation on the battle in Gaza.
After talking on a each day or weekly foundation on the onset of the battle, Biden and Netanyahu now converse far much less often. Their final cellphone name earlier than Monday was on February 15 – the longest hole in calls for the reason that October 7 terror assaults that launched the present battle.
Tensions have emerged over permitting extra humanitarian assist to enter the strip, steps to guard civilian casualties and the way forward for an eventual Palestinian state.
Netanyahu raised issues over “a wide range of issues which have come out within the American press” throughout the name, Sullivan stated. Talking Monday, Sullivan declined to element whether or not Netanyahu raised issues about Schumer’s speech. However he stated Biden was not centered on the politics of the battle.
“From President Biden’s perspective, this isn’t a query of politics. It’s not a query of public statements. It’s a query of coverage and technique. That’s what he’s centered on. That’s what he was centered on within the name,” he stated.
Nonetheless, Sullivan famous a sure irony in Netanyahu showing on American tv to complain about political interference.
“You’ve gotten the prime minister talking on American tv about his issues about People interfering in Israeli politics,” Sullivan stated. “After which your query is, ought to People be talking into Israeli politics, which, actually, we don’t do practically as a lot as they converse into ours.”
The White Home has stated an operation in Rafah mustn’t transfer forward and not using a credible plan to guard the civilians sheltering there. As of Monday, officers stated they’d not seen such a plan. Biden stated in an interview final weekend that an invasion of Rafah would quantity to a “pink line,” although didn’t delineate how he would reply and stated he would by no means lower off assist for Israel totally.
Talking with Netanyahu, Biden “defined why he’s so deeply involved in regards to the prospect of Israel conducting main navy operations in Rafah,” Sullivan stated.
He stated these issues fell inside three areas: that civilians sheltering in Rafah have nowhere protected to go; that Rafah is an entry level for important humanitarian help; and that neighboring Egypt has voiced severe issues a couple of potential navy operation there.
“Our place is that Hamas shouldn’t be allowed at safe-haven in Rafah or anyplace else. However a significant floor operation there can be a mistake, it will result in extra harmless civilian deaths,” Sullivan stated.
Sullivan described the decision as “businesslike” and it “didn’t finish abruptly.”
“It led to a very regular method once they had every gotten by way of all of their factors,” Sullivan stated, including the leaders “acknowledge that we’re at a important second on this battle.”
He stated Biden and Netanyahu “share a typical goal that’s for Israel to prevail over Hamas” however that they “have a distinct perspective on this operation and Rafah – and so they went into some element on that and had the chance to elaborate every of their respective views in a full-throated method, in the best way they at all times do when President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu discuss.”
“So in that sense, I’d say this name was very similar to a earlier calls that the 2 of them have had, they every agreed to have the groups get collectively after which they agreed that the 2 of them would keep in contact as we go ahead,” he stated.
Biden and Netanyahu additionally mentioned negotiations for a direct ceasefire for “a number of weeks” in return for releasing hostages held by Hamas and different militants in Gaza.
“We might look to construct on that ceasefire into one thing extra enduring and use the area created by a cessation of hostilities to surge humanitarian help,” Sullivan stated. “To date, the deal has been extra elusive than we’d have hoped, however we’ll preserve urgent as a result of we regard this as an pressing precedence.”
He burdened that Hamas may “finish the disaster tomorrow” and referred to as for extra strain on the group to finish the battle.
Sullivan stated the 2 leaders had agreed to “keep in shut contact” within the days and weeks forward and that the US and Israel had been in “each day contact on each aspect” of the disaster.
This story has been up to date with further developments on Monday.
Washington
CNN
—
President Joe Biden spoke by cellphone Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, their first recognized interplay in additional than a month as a rift deepens between the 2 males over the battle in Gaza.
Through the name, the White Home stated the leaders mentioned two key areas the place rigidity has emerged within the relationship, together with the need of getting extra humanitarian assist into Gaza and the pending Israeli operation in Rafah, the place greater than one million Palestinian civilians are sheltering.
Biden’s nationwide safety adviser, Jake Sullivan, advised reporters later that the president voiced “deep issues” over Israel’s plans for the Rafah operation throughout his dialog with Netanyahu.
Biden requested Netanyahu to ship a senior delegation of navy leaders to Washington to debate the difficulty additional and to put out another strategy to go after Hamas in Rafah. Netanyahu agreed to dispatch such a gaggle, and Sullivan stated the assembly was prone to happen on the finish of this week or early subsequent week.
“A navy plan can’t succeed with out an built-in humanitarian plan and political plan. And the president has repeatedly made the purpose that persevering with navy operations should be linked to a transparent strategic finish sport,” Sullivan stated on the White Home, noting that extra civilians had died in Gaza than any earlier battle within the enclave and that “anarchy reigns” in components of the strip.
In a press release afterward, Netanyahu stated he advised Biden that Israel was dedicated to reaching its targets in Gaza whereas additionally offering the mandatory humanitarian assist to the enclave.
“We talked in regards to the newest developments within the battle, together with Israel’s dedication to reaching all of the targets of the battle: the elimination of Hamas, the discharge of all our hostages, and the promise that Gaza will now not pose a menace to Israel – whereas offering the mandatory humanitarian assist that helps obtain these targets,” Netanyahu stated, in line with the Prime Minister’s Workplace readout.
Monday’s cellphone name got here days after considered one of Biden’s prime allies in Washington, Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, referred to as for brand spanking new Israeli elections that may lead to Netanyahu’s ouster.
Biden referred to as the speech “good” and stated it mirrored the issues of many People, although didn’t explicitly endorse nor condemn the decision for brand spanking new elections in Israel.
Netanyahu on Sunday forcefully pushed again on Schumer’s speech throughout an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash.
“It’s inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and attempt to exchange the elected management there. That’s one thing that Israel, the Israeli public does by itself, and we’re not a banana republic,” Netanyahu stated on “State of the Union.”
The Biden-Netanyahu relationship has devolved over the previous a number of months as frustration contained in the White Home mounts over what American officers regard as Netanyahu’s rejection of US recommendation on the battle in Gaza.
After talking on a each day or weekly foundation on the onset of the battle, Biden and Netanyahu now converse far much less often. Their final cellphone name earlier than Monday was on February 15 – the longest hole in calls for the reason that October 7 terror assaults that launched the present battle.
Tensions have emerged over permitting extra humanitarian assist to enter the strip, steps to guard civilian casualties and the way forward for an eventual Palestinian state.
Netanyahu raised issues over “a wide range of issues which have come out within the American press” throughout the name, Sullivan stated. Talking Monday, Sullivan declined to element whether or not Netanyahu raised issues about Schumer’s speech. However he stated Biden was not centered on the politics of the battle.
“From President Biden’s perspective, this isn’t a query of politics. It’s not a query of public statements. It’s a query of coverage and technique. That’s what he’s centered on. That’s what he was centered on within the name,” he stated.
Nonetheless, Sullivan famous a sure irony in Netanyahu showing on American tv to complain about political interference.
“You’ve gotten the prime minister talking on American tv about his issues about People interfering in Israeli politics,” Sullivan stated. “After which your query is, ought to People be talking into Israeli politics, which, actually, we don’t do practically as a lot as they converse into ours.”
The White Home has stated an operation in Rafah mustn’t transfer forward and not using a credible plan to guard the civilians sheltering there. As of Monday, officers stated they’d not seen such a plan. Biden stated in an interview final weekend that an invasion of Rafah would quantity to a “pink line,” although didn’t delineate how he would reply and stated he would by no means lower off assist for Israel totally.
Talking with Netanyahu, Biden “defined why he’s so deeply involved in regards to the prospect of Israel conducting main navy operations in Rafah,” Sullivan stated.
He stated these issues fell inside three areas: that civilians sheltering in Rafah have nowhere protected to go; that Rafah is an entry level for important humanitarian help; and that neighboring Egypt has voiced severe issues a couple of potential navy operation there.
“Our place is that Hamas shouldn’t be allowed at safe-haven in Rafah or anyplace else. However a significant floor operation there can be a mistake, it will result in extra harmless civilian deaths,” Sullivan stated.
Sullivan described the decision as “businesslike” and it “didn’t finish abruptly.”
“It led to a very regular method once they had every gotten by way of all of their factors,” Sullivan stated, including the leaders “acknowledge that we’re at a important second on this battle.”
He stated Biden and Netanyahu “share a typical goal that’s for Israel to prevail over Hamas” however that they “have a distinct perspective on this operation and Rafah – and so they went into some element on that and had the chance to elaborate every of their respective views in a full-throated method, in the best way they at all times do when President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu discuss.”
“So in that sense, I’d say this name was very similar to a earlier calls that the 2 of them have had, they every agreed to have the groups get collectively after which they agreed that the 2 of them would keep in contact as we go ahead,” he stated.
Biden and Netanyahu additionally mentioned negotiations for a direct ceasefire for “a number of weeks” in return for releasing hostages held by Hamas and different militants in Gaza.
“We might look to construct on that ceasefire into one thing extra enduring and use the area created by a cessation of hostilities to surge humanitarian help,” Sullivan stated. “To date, the deal has been extra elusive than we’d have hoped, however we’ll preserve urgent as a result of we regard this as an pressing precedence.”
He burdened that Hamas may “finish the disaster tomorrow” and referred to as for extra strain on the group to finish the battle.
Sullivan stated the 2 leaders had agreed to “keep in shut contact” within the days and weeks forward and that the US and Israel had been in “each day contact on each aspect” of the disaster.
This story has been up to date with further developments on Monday.
Washington
CNN
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President Joe Biden spoke by cellphone Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, their first recognized interplay in additional than a month as a rift deepens between the 2 males over the battle in Gaza.
Through the name, the White Home stated the leaders mentioned two key areas the place rigidity has emerged within the relationship, together with the need of getting extra humanitarian assist into Gaza and the pending Israeli operation in Rafah, the place greater than one million Palestinian civilians are sheltering.
Biden’s nationwide safety adviser, Jake Sullivan, advised reporters later that the president voiced “deep issues” over Israel’s plans for the Rafah operation throughout his dialog with Netanyahu.
Biden requested Netanyahu to ship a senior delegation of navy leaders to Washington to debate the difficulty additional and to put out another strategy to go after Hamas in Rafah. Netanyahu agreed to dispatch such a gaggle, and Sullivan stated the assembly was prone to happen on the finish of this week or early subsequent week.
“A navy plan can’t succeed with out an built-in humanitarian plan and political plan. And the president has repeatedly made the purpose that persevering with navy operations should be linked to a transparent strategic finish sport,” Sullivan stated on the White Home, noting that extra civilians had died in Gaza than any earlier battle within the enclave and that “anarchy reigns” in components of the strip.
In a press release afterward, Netanyahu stated he advised Biden that Israel was dedicated to reaching its targets in Gaza whereas additionally offering the mandatory humanitarian assist to the enclave.
“We talked in regards to the newest developments within the battle, together with Israel’s dedication to reaching all of the targets of the battle: the elimination of Hamas, the discharge of all our hostages, and the promise that Gaza will now not pose a menace to Israel – whereas offering the mandatory humanitarian assist that helps obtain these targets,” Netanyahu stated, in line with the Prime Minister’s Workplace readout.
Monday’s cellphone name got here days after considered one of Biden’s prime allies in Washington, Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, referred to as for brand spanking new Israeli elections that may lead to Netanyahu’s ouster.
Biden referred to as the speech “good” and stated it mirrored the issues of many People, although didn’t explicitly endorse nor condemn the decision for brand spanking new elections in Israel.
Netanyahu on Sunday forcefully pushed again on Schumer’s speech throughout an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash.
“It’s inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and attempt to exchange the elected management there. That’s one thing that Israel, the Israeli public does by itself, and we’re not a banana republic,” Netanyahu stated on “State of the Union.”
The Biden-Netanyahu relationship has devolved over the previous a number of months as frustration contained in the White Home mounts over what American officers regard as Netanyahu’s rejection of US recommendation on the battle in Gaza.
After talking on a each day or weekly foundation on the onset of the battle, Biden and Netanyahu now converse far much less often. Their final cellphone name earlier than Monday was on February 15 – the longest hole in calls for the reason that October 7 terror assaults that launched the present battle.
Tensions have emerged over permitting extra humanitarian assist to enter the strip, steps to guard civilian casualties and the way forward for an eventual Palestinian state.
Netanyahu raised issues over “a wide range of issues which have come out within the American press” throughout the name, Sullivan stated. Talking Monday, Sullivan declined to element whether or not Netanyahu raised issues about Schumer’s speech. However he stated Biden was not centered on the politics of the battle.
“From President Biden’s perspective, this isn’t a query of politics. It’s not a query of public statements. It’s a query of coverage and technique. That’s what he’s centered on. That’s what he was centered on within the name,” he stated.
Nonetheless, Sullivan famous a sure irony in Netanyahu showing on American tv to complain about political interference.
“You’ve gotten the prime minister talking on American tv about his issues about People interfering in Israeli politics,” Sullivan stated. “After which your query is, ought to People be talking into Israeli politics, which, actually, we don’t do practically as a lot as they converse into ours.”
The White Home has stated an operation in Rafah mustn’t transfer forward and not using a credible plan to guard the civilians sheltering there. As of Monday, officers stated they’d not seen such a plan. Biden stated in an interview final weekend that an invasion of Rafah would quantity to a “pink line,” although didn’t delineate how he would reply and stated he would by no means lower off assist for Israel totally.
Talking with Netanyahu, Biden “defined why he’s so deeply involved in regards to the prospect of Israel conducting main navy operations in Rafah,” Sullivan stated.
He stated these issues fell inside three areas: that civilians sheltering in Rafah have nowhere protected to go; that Rafah is an entry level for important humanitarian help; and that neighboring Egypt has voiced severe issues a couple of potential navy operation there.
“Our place is that Hamas shouldn’t be allowed at safe-haven in Rafah or anyplace else. However a significant floor operation there can be a mistake, it will result in extra harmless civilian deaths,” Sullivan stated.
Sullivan described the decision as “businesslike” and it “didn’t finish abruptly.”
“It led to a very regular method once they had every gotten by way of all of their factors,” Sullivan stated, including the leaders “acknowledge that we’re at a important second on this battle.”
He stated Biden and Netanyahu “share a typical goal that’s for Israel to prevail over Hamas” however that they “have a distinct perspective on this operation and Rafah – and so they went into some element on that and had the chance to elaborate every of their respective views in a full-throated method, in the best way they at all times do when President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu discuss.”
“So in that sense, I’d say this name was very similar to a earlier calls that the 2 of them have had, they every agreed to have the groups get collectively after which they agreed that the 2 of them would keep in contact as we go ahead,” he stated.
Biden and Netanyahu additionally mentioned negotiations for a direct ceasefire for “a number of weeks” in return for releasing hostages held by Hamas and different militants in Gaza.
“We might look to construct on that ceasefire into one thing extra enduring and use the area created by a cessation of hostilities to surge humanitarian help,” Sullivan stated. “To date, the deal has been extra elusive than we’d have hoped, however we’ll preserve urgent as a result of we regard this as an pressing precedence.”
He burdened that Hamas may “finish the disaster tomorrow” and referred to as for extra strain on the group to finish the battle.
Sullivan stated the 2 leaders had agreed to “keep in shut contact” within the days and weeks forward and that the US and Israel had been in “each day contact on each aspect” of the disaster.
This story has been up to date with further developments on Monday.
Washington
CNN
—
President Joe Biden spoke by cellphone Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, their first recognized interplay in additional than a month as a rift deepens between the 2 males over the battle in Gaza.
Through the name, the White Home stated the leaders mentioned two key areas the place rigidity has emerged within the relationship, together with the need of getting extra humanitarian assist into Gaza and the pending Israeli operation in Rafah, the place greater than one million Palestinian civilians are sheltering.
Biden’s nationwide safety adviser, Jake Sullivan, advised reporters later that the president voiced “deep issues” over Israel’s plans for the Rafah operation throughout his dialog with Netanyahu.
Biden requested Netanyahu to ship a senior delegation of navy leaders to Washington to debate the difficulty additional and to put out another strategy to go after Hamas in Rafah. Netanyahu agreed to dispatch such a gaggle, and Sullivan stated the assembly was prone to happen on the finish of this week or early subsequent week.
“A navy plan can’t succeed with out an built-in humanitarian plan and political plan. And the president has repeatedly made the purpose that persevering with navy operations should be linked to a transparent strategic finish sport,” Sullivan stated on the White Home, noting that extra civilians had died in Gaza than any earlier battle within the enclave and that “anarchy reigns” in components of the strip.
In a press release afterward, Netanyahu stated he advised Biden that Israel was dedicated to reaching its targets in Gaza whereas additionally offering the mandatory humanitarian assist to the enclave.
“We talked in regards to the newest developments within the battle, together with Israel’s dedication to reaching all of the targets of the battle: the elimination of Hamas, the discharge of all our hostages, and the promise that Gaza will now not pose a menace to Israel – whereas offering the mandatory humanitarian assist that helps obtain these targets,” Netanyahu stated, in line with the Prime Minister’s Workplace readout.
Monday’s cellphone name got here days after considered one of Biden’s prime allies in Washington, Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, referred to as for brand spanking new Israeli elections that may lead to Netanyahu’s ouster.
Biden referred to as the speech “good” and stated it mirrored the issues of many People, although didn’t explicitly endorse nor condemn the decision for brand spanking new elections in Israel.
Netanyahu on Sunday forcefully pushed again on Schumer’s speech throughout an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash.
“It’s inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and attempt to exchange the elected management there. That’s one thing that Israel, the Israeli public does by itself, and we’re not a banana republic,” Netanyahu stated on “State of the Union.”
The Biden-Netanyahu relationship has devolved over the previous a number of months as frustration contained in the White Home mounts over what American officers regard as Netanyahu’s rejection of US recommendation on the battle in Gaza.
After talking on a each day or weekly foundation on the onset of the battle, Biden and Netanyahu now converse far much less often. Their final cellphone name earlier than Monday was on February 15 – the longest hole in calls for the reason that October 7 terror assaults that launched the present battle.
Tensions have emerged over permitting extra humanitarian assist to enter the strip, steps to guard civilian casualties and the way forward for an eventual Palestinian state.
Netanyahu raised issues over “a wide range of issues which have come out within the American press” throughout the name, Sullivan stated. Talking Monday, Sullivan declined to element whether or not Netanyahu raised issues about Schumer’s speech. However he stated Biden was not centered on the politics of the battle.
“From President Biden’s perspective, this isn’t a query of politics. It’s not a query of public statements. It’s a query of coverage and technique. That’s what he’s centered on. That’s what he was centered on within the name,” he stated.
Nonetheless, Sullivan famous a sure irony in Netanyahu showing on American tv to complain about political interference.
“You’ve gotten the prime minister talking on American tv about his issues about People interfering in Israeli politics,” Sullivan stated. “After which your query is, ought to People be talking into Israeli politics, which, actually, we don’t do practically as a lot as they converse into ours.”
The White Home has stated an operation in Rafah mustn’t transfer forward and not using a credible plan to guard the civilians sheltering there. As of Monday, officers stated they’d not seen such a plan. Biden stated in an interview final weekend that an invasion of Rafah would quantity to a “pink line,” although didn’t delineate how he would reply and stated he would by no means lower off assist for Israel totally.
Talking with Netanyahu, Biden “defined why he’s so deeply involved in regards to the prospect of Israel conducting main navy operations in Rafah,” Sullivan stated.
He stated these issues fell inside three areas: that civilians sheltering in Rafah have nowhere protected to go; that Rafah is an entry level for important humanitarian help; and that neighboring Egypt has voiced severe issues a couple of potential navy operation there.
“Our place is that Hamas shouldn’t be allowed at safe-haven in Rafah or anyplace else. However a significant floor operation there can be a mistake, it will result in extra harmless civilian deaths,” Sullivan stated.
Sullivan described the decision as “businesslike” and it “didn’t finish abruptly.”
“It led to a very regular method once they had every gotten by way of all of their factors,” Sullivan stated, including the leaders “acknowledge that we’re at a important second on this battle.”
He stated Biden and Netanyahu “share a typical goal that’s for Israel to prevail over Hamas” however that they “have a distinct perspective on this operation and Rafah – and so they went into some element on that and had the chance to elaborate every of their respective views in a full-throated method, in the best way they at all times do when President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu discuss.”
“So in that sense, I’d say this name was very similar to a earlier calls that the 2 of them have had, they every agreed to have the groups get collectively after which they agreed that the 2 of them would keep in contact as we go ahead,” he stated.
Biden and Netanyahu additionally mentioned negotiations for a direct ceasefire for “a number of weeks” in return for releasing hostages held by Hamas and different militants in Gaza.
“We might look to construct on that ceasefire into one thing extra enduring and use the area created by a cessation of hostilities to surge humanitarian help,” Sullivan stated. “To date, the deal has been extra elusive than we’d have hoped, however we’ll preserve urgent as a result of we regard this as an pressing precedence.”
He burdened that Hamas may “finish the disaster tomorrow” and referred to as for extra strain on the group to finish the battle.
Sullivan stated the 2 leaders had agreed to “keep in shut contact” within the days and weeks forward and that the US and Israel had been in “each day contact on each aspect” of the disaster.
This story has been up to date with further developments on Monday.