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Fri 26 Jan 2024 1:56 pm - Jerusalem Time

Biden to Netanyahu: I will not support a war on Gaza that will last a year

Biden's statements came during a telephone conversation with Netanyahu, last Friday, according to American officials who said that Biden wants the war on Gaza to end before the longest possible time before the US presidential elections due to the fear of losing the votes of young voters.


US President Joe Biden put pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their phone conversation last Friday. He said that the Israeli army’s operations in the Gaza Strip must be reduced, and stressed that he does not support a war on Gaza that will last a year, according to what was reported by the website. “Walla” email from American officials today, Friday.


Biden's statements indicate increasing American concern about the continuation of the war on Gaza, and his desire for the war to end as long as possible before the presidential elections, next November.


One of Biden's advisors said that the White House is increasingly fearful of losing the votes of young voters who oppose the US President's policy of strongly supporting the war on Gaza.


According to an American source close to the White House, Biden cannot allow himself to let the war on Gaza and the large number of Palestinians killed daily continue to direct the news agenda in the United States as the presidential elections approach.


A third of the duration of that 40-minute phone conversation between Biden and Netanyahu dealt with the timetable for the Israeli army’s transition to low-force combat and Israel’s strategy in the war in general, according to an American official who spoke to Walla.


Biden touched on Netanyahu's statements about the continuation of the war for many months, during a press conference held on Thursday of last week. Biden told Netanyahu that he could not support a war that would last a year, and asked him to accelerate the transition to less intense fighting in order to reduce the number of civilian casualties, two American officials said.


One American official stated that Biden told Netanyahu that he did not understand what Israel's strategy was for getting out of the war, and asked several times about Netanyahu's plan for the next day after the end of the war.


Netanyahu told Biden that the Israeli army's transition to the third phase of the war and fighting with a less intense force had occurred in the north of the Strip and would happen in its south later.


Netanyahu claimed that the transition to the third stage would take longer than Israel thought, and that if the Israeli army withdrew from the areas where it is now present, Hamas would return to control there.


The White House and Netanyahu's office declined to comment on what was stated in this report.

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