US President Joe Biden has warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protect civilians in Gaza, or US policy will change.
Israel continues to attack the besieged Gaza Strip with the aim of eliminating the Palestinian independence armed group Hamas. More than 33,000 people have already lost their lives in this Israeli aggression and the country has come under criticism from around the world.
In such a situation, US President Joe Biden has issued a warning to protect the civilians of Gaza in Palestine. He warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protect civilians in Gaza, or US policy would change.
The United States has told Israel that increasing US support and aid to the ongoing Gaza war depends on “concrete, concrete steps” to prevent civilian deaths.
President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday local time in the wake of the death of seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers in an Israeli attack last Monday.
The Biden-Netanyahu call came after a deadly Israeli attack on aid workers in Gaza. However, Democratic lawmakers encouraged Biden to make new calls to add conditions to US aid to Israel in the wake of the attack. Israel said Monday’s attack was wrong.
US President Joe Biden has been a lifelong supporter of Israel and has resisted pressure to end aid to the Gaza-aggressing country or stop arms shipments to the country, despite constant global pressure.
Nevertheless, Biden gave this warning to Israel for the first time on Thursday. The US president’s possible threat to cut off aid is one thing that could change the dynamics of the nearly six-month-old war in Gaza.
Meanwhile, the phone call between Biden and Netanyahu lasted about 30 minutes on Thursday. The White House said of the phone call between the two leaders that President Biden “clarified the need for Israel to announce and implement specific, concrete and measurable steps to address civilian casualties, humanitarian suffering and the safety of aid workers.” ‘
The White House said in a statement that President Joe Biden “has made it clear that exactly what US policy will be on Gaza will be determined by our assessment of Israel’s immediate actions.” ‘
Washington is Israel’s top arms supplier and the Biden administration has so far mostly defended Israel through a diplomatic shield at the United Nations.
Meanwhile, the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken repeated the words of the White House regarding the protection of civilians in Gaza. If the US doesn’t see a change from Israel, there will be a change in US policy, he said.
