JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Washington to speak at the United States Congress this week in a context of tense rel...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Washington to speak at the United States Congress this week in a context of tense relations between the two countries over the Gaza war.US officials have criticised the toll that Israel’s war against Hamas militants in Gaza has had on Palestinian civilians. But experts interviewed by AFP said American support for Israel remains steadfast, as suggested by words of the US invitation for Netanyahu to “highlight America’s solidarity with Israel”.
Mairav Zonzsein, an International Crisis Group analyst, said Netanyahu’s invitation despite popular protests “shows that there’s a lot of gaps and contradictions in the American positioning on the war in Gaza right now.”“There’s a lot of rhetoric, there’s been a lot of pushback throughout this war on the humanitarian issue,“ said Zonzsein, citing the stalling of arms shipments and sanctions on Israeli settlers, which the academic says are unprecedented.
On July 13, an Israeli bombing operation in Gaza aimed at Deif, the Hamas military commander, in the southern area of Al-Mawasi killed more than 90 people, according to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza. “He’s in an even more difficult position now to appease the Democrats”, said Freilich, making the visit “even more unnecessary” in his view.
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