With Agency reports
Wednesday, in his most critical remarks so far, President Biden of the United States told Israel’s leaders that they were losing international support for their war in Gaza, exposing a widening rift with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Earlier, Netanyahu rejected out of hand, an American vision for a postwar resolution to the conflict that would put the Palestinian Authority in charge of the territory.
Biden described Netanyahu as the leader of “the most conservative government in Israel’s history,” one that he said did not “want anything remotely approaching a two-state solution” with the Palestinians.
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He warned that Israel was “starting to lose” support in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere because of its “indiscriminate bombing.”
Top aides to Biden have said the president believes that his full-throated support of Israel has given him more leverage to press Netanyahu for restraint.
The rising tension comes as Biden seeks to persuade lawmakers in Washington to support more than $15 billion in additional aid for Israel’s military campaign.
Meanwhile in Gaza, nearly two months of aerial bombardment and a continuing ground war have leveled much of Gaza, killing more than 15,000 people, including several thousand children, according to the territory’s health authorities.
The U.N. says that more than 85 percent of the population has been displaced.
