Netanyahu rejects US plea to halt Rafah offensive • FRANCE 24 English

It seems that the US Secretary of State Anthony blinkin did not manage to um gain any concessions from Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu on his visit to Israel his sixth visit to the region the two men spent just 40 minutes talking together um and after that meeting Netanyahu came back out and said

That despite us pleas not uh to launch an allout assault on Rafa that Israeli troops would go in with or without us support um so he says that is necessary to eradicate remaining Hamas battalions there but Anthony blinkin warning in no un certain terms that this would be a

Grave mistake and would have um severe repercussions in terms of is Israel stuning in the world he said it would further uh isolate Israel he also said it would further jeopardize the delivery of humanitarian Aid you know in Rafa there are around one and a half million

People packed in there in already dire conditions so getting the a them and people elsewhere in Gaza it is a huge challenge so it it’s not clear on this where where this goes next there is an Israeli delegation heading to Washington next week to try and look at what the US

Is presenting as alternatives to an allout offensive on Rafa a more targeted approach but Netanyahu seems to have uh ruled that out now whether that is brinkmanship on his part whether it’s a ploy to pile more pressure on Hamas as these negotiations in Doha continue or

Not or whether if if the Rafer assault is eventually called off he can blame that on Washington well you know those that remains to be seen he is an experienced um political maneuver of course and on those talks in Doha um it’s interesting to note that Anthony blink before leaving Israel said that

The gaps were narrowing that they were down to the last few points that things were of course difficult but that progress seem to have been made that’s not the account we’re getting from Israeli officials who’ve been speaking out anonymously in various parts of the media um they say that that is perhaps

No uh hope for an imminent ceasefire and that of course Still Remains to be seen as well

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sternly rejected the visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s plea not to launch a ground invasion into Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, saying Friday “we will do it alone” if necessary. Whether Netanyahu is pursuing brinkmanship to apply more pressure on Hamas as truce talks continue in Qatar remains unclear, FRANCE 24’s Catherine Norris-Trent said, reporting from Jerusalem.
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37 comments

  1. They are monsters just plain and simple. Right out of Wolfenstein. Anyone who still believes or supports these US backed monsters posing as soldiers is a monster himself.

  5. Citoyens de France! Did you enjoy being ruled by a foreign country in 1942? Non? Now you know how Americans are starting to feel about living under foreign rule.

  9. This man blinken has to stop down and hold him accountable bow!

    Is obvious this evil om from israel is worst than hamas they are the real extremist !

    This are disgraceful.

    Shame on blinken and biden . Must go

  11. USA is betrayed by Israel. Jews and Christians can't be friends These were Jews who tried to kill Jesus Christ

  18. Netanyahu is waiting for Trump to get elected when he will have free reign over Gaza! He knows Biden is soon gone!

  20. If Netanyahu has said that he will 'go it alone' if necessary, then the Biden administration should tell him that he is now on his own – not just with regard to the Rafah issue, but from now and for all time; they should completely withdraw support. Netanyahu's policies, such as settlement expansion and opposition to a 2-state solution is perpetuating the conflict and causing suffering for both Palestinians and Isrealis. Netanyahu's goal of eliminating Hamas is also unrealistic – even if he kills every last member of Hamas, the continued oppression of the Palestinian people and the stripping away of their humanity and hope will lead to further conflict. Netanyahu's actions are firmly putting Isreal onto a trajectory of continued war and insecurity.

  32. USA has to aknowledge that Israel is a liability to its foreign policy and diplomacy. Israel does not serve any purpose to the USA, let alone the rest of the world.

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