Biden says Netanyahu is Prolonging Israel’s Gaza war for Political Gains

 President Joe Biden has accused Benjamin Netanyahu of prolonging the fighting in Gaza for political advantage, which indicates some of the apparent strains with the Israeli leader. According to an interview with TIME Magazine on Tuesday, Biden said that there is ‘every reason for people to draw’ such conclusion that Netanyahu is prolonging the confrontation to meet his own political needs. 

 Biden’s words were that his administration is working for a cease-fire and an exchange of prisoners between Israel and Hamas, which the US wants to result in a permanent cease-fire and reconstruction of Gaza. The States has introduced this plan as the Israeli one, arguing that Hamas is the party that hinders the attainment of the agreement. 

 Within hours of Biden’s move, Hamas remarked that they were approaching the plan as suggested “positively and constructively” but did not formally respond. On the other hand, Netanyahu has stated that the deal would enable Israel to wage war for as long as is needed to achieve the elimination of all of the targets, specifically Hamas’s military and government institutions. Such representation has created a state of a clash concerning the actual purpose of the proposal and its real intent. 

 Biden’s attempt at a ceasefire is quite different from what his administration has been insisting on the necessity of Israel wiping out Hamas before any ceasefire could be entertained. On 17 July, Biden condemned the military conduct of Israel and said it would only maintain the war in Gaza endlessly for a concept of ultimate triumph, which will do more harm than good to Israel by deepening the international labour, finance, and human capital expenditures and isolating it worldwide. 

 Thus, the tension between Biden and Netanyahu may signal the emergence of qualitative changes in US-Israel relations. This pattern of public castigation of Israel’s policy in the conflict, alongside the call for a negotiated ceasefire, paints Biden as increasingly impatient with Netanyahu in the Gaza war. 

This tension might shape future US foreign policy in the Middle East since Biden’s administration, on the one hand, supports Israel and, at the same time, demands humanitarian aid and a cease-fire in Gaza. 

 Biden’s comment that Netanyahu is prolonging the Gaza war solely for political gains reveals a slightly strained relationship between the US and Israel’s Prime Minister. In this case, the Biden administration’s call for a ceasefire and rebuilding of Gaza poses difficulties for the administration to support Netanyahu’s government. The changing relations of these two allies will determine the future of the Gaza fight and stability in the area.