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Washington has been urging Israel for weeks to move from the intensive phase of heavy bombing to more targeted attacks on the Islamist Hamas. When asked whether the U.S. should put more pressure on Israel, John Kirby, director of communications for the U.S. National Security Council, said on CBS’s “Face the Nation”: “We believe it is time” to make this transition.
Kirby said on Sunday (local time) that they had just “discussed intensively about the transition to low-intensity operations” during US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Israel. Israel has now taken “preparatory steps to reach this point.”
The army is withdrawing some troops and relying “a little less on air strikes.” However, Kirby added: “We believe it is time to make this transition. And we’ve had these conversations with them.”
US President Joe Biden is “increasingly frustrated” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rejection of the US government’s latest requests regarding the war in the Gaza Strip, the news portal ‘Axios’ reported, citing four US officials.
According to Biden and his advisers, Israel is not doing enough in the field of humanitarian aid for the civilian population in the Gaza Strip. They are also frustrated by Netanyahu’s rejection of the US plan for the period after the end of the war and Hamas’s power.
The US wants a reformed Palestinian Authority to take control of the coastal area after the war. Netanyahu rejects this. He wants the army to maintain security control even after the war and calls for the demilitarization of Gaza.
“At every opportunity, Netanyahu has given Biden the finger,” “Axios” quoted Senator Chris Van Hollen of Biden’s Democratic Party. “They plead with the Netanyahu coalition, but they keep getting a slap in the face.” A US official told the portal: “There is great frustration.”
The Washington Post, citing several government officials, wrote that Israel had made clear in recent talks that it wanted to continue its high-intensity military operation throughout January.
The Biden administration, Israel’s closest ally and main arms supplier, appears unable or unwilling to meaningfully influence how the Israeli military conducts the war.
(SDA)
Source: Blick
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