Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel wants the Iran-backed terror group pushed back some 6 miles from the border to prevent an Oct. 7-style attack, according to Axios.
Lloyd Austin met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday in New York.
Israel rebuffs U.S. call to hand over the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority.
“Nothing will stop us,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told soldiers during a visit to a detention facility for Hamas terrorists.
“This government in Israel is making it very difficult for him to move,” the U.S. president said of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Gaza will be neither Hamastan nor Fatahstan,” the Israeli prime minister said in a video statement.
“We must act to end Netanyahu’s role now and to expel Ben-Gvir and Smotrich from the government now,” said former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will visit the Jewish state this Thursday.
While the heads of the IDF, Israel Security Agency and National Security Council argued in favor of the workers’ entry, subject to restrictions, the Israel Police and key Likud figures opposed the move.
“The similarities are extremely relevant,” said Ari Harow. “Many of the lessons that were learned from 2014 are being implemented today.”
“The difference between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority is only that Hamas wants to destroy us here and now, and the P.A. wants to do it in stages.”
“I say to Hamas terrorists: It’s over. Don’t die for Sinwar. Surrender now,” urges Israel’s prime minister.
