Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the US President “is wrong”, following Joe Biden criticized the conduct of the war in Gaza, Reuters announced.
“He is wrong,” said Netanyahu, in an interview with Politico magazine, denying that he was acting once morest the interests of his country.
The American President stated, on Saturday, that the Israeli Prime Minister is “harming more than helping Israel” by failing to prevent the deaths of civilians in the war once morest the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
“I don’t know exactly what the president meant, but if he meant that I am pursuing a personal policy once morest the will of the majority of Israelis and that I am going once morest Israel’s interests, then he is wrong on both counts,” he said. Netanyahu.
First, I am not following a private policy, it is a policy supported by an overwhelming majority of Israelis who support the action we have underway to destroy Hamas’ terrorist battalions, he added.
Netanyahu also said that the Israelis support his position of “categorically rejecting the attempt to impose” a Palestinian State, an internationally supported solution.
“The Israelis understand that, otherwise, we will have a repeat of the October 7th massacre, which will harm Israel, the Palestinians and peace in the Middle East”, argued the prime minister, insisting that he has the support of the majority of Israelis, which “is united like it has never been”.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, who has been criticized in the ranks of his Democratic voters for his unfailing support for the policy followed by Israel, toughened the tone of his criticism of Netanyahu on Saturday.
“You have the right to defend Israel, to continue attacking Hamas, but you need to pay more attention to the innocent lives lost because of the actions taken,” said Biden.
In an interview with MSNBC, adding. “In my opinion, it is doing more harm than good to Israel.”
After a Hamas attack on Israeli territory on October 7, which left more than 1,100 dead, mainly civilians, Israel launched a military offensive in Gaza that has so far caused more than 31,000 deaths, also mostly civilians, according to authorities. of Hamas.