It just keeps getting worse
Biden can plea all he wants, he just gets told off by Netanyahu
Israeli PM on his call with Biden
Benjamin Netanyahu says he made “supremely clear” to US President Joe Biden, with whom he spoke on Monday, that Israel is “determined to complete the elimination” of the Hamas battalions in Rafah, in southern Gaza.
“There’s no way to do that except by going in on the ground,” the prime minister said, while briefing lawmakers.
His comments came after the White House said Biden had communicated to Netanyahu that a major assault on Rafah would be a “mistake”.
As we reported earlier, the Palestinian foreign ministry said Israel had already begun “to destroy Rafah without announcing, to avoid international reactions and without waiting for permission from anyone”.
Biden is Netanyahu's bitch
Biden reassures Netanyahu after political interference complaints: Report
US news outlet Axios reports President Biden told Prime Minister Netanyahu during their phone call he’s not trying to “undermine him politically”.
Two unnamed sources “with knowledge of the phone call” are cited as saying Netanyahu complained about Senator Chuck Schumer’s speech calling for Israeli elections and criticism over the conduct of the war on Gaza.
He also denounced Biden’s support of Schumer’s comments, American “public political attacks” against him, and interference in Israeli politics, the sources said. Biden reportedly responded he’s not trying to undermine Netanyahu or intervene in domestic politics.
Top Trump adviser: ‘Gaza’s waterfront property could be very valuable’
Video has emerged of Jared Kushner, former US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law who served as one of the chief Middle East dealmakers during Trump’s tenure in the White House, giving his vision for the future of post-war Gaza during an interview at Harvard University.
“Gaza’s waterfront property could be very valuable … if people would focus on building up livelihoods,” Kushner told Harvard Professor Tarek Masoud on March 8. Kushner also said that it’s a shame that “all the money” in the territory went towards building tunnel networks and arms instead of education and “innovation”.
He suggested that, were he in charge, he would move civilians in Gaza to somewhere in the Negev desert while Gaza is “cleaned up.” “I do think right now opening up the Negev, creating a secure area there, moving the civilians out, and then going in and finishing the job would be the right move,” he said.
When asked if this is something that’s being discussed by decision-makers in Israel and the US, Kushner did not elaborate. “I’m sitting in Miami Beach right now,” Kushner said. “And I’m looking at the situation and I’m thinking: What would I do if I was there?”
Should Donald Trump be re-elected to the US presidency this November, Kushner could again feature prominently in his administration. His comments give a window into what Trump’s policy on Palestine could be during his second term.
Israel’s Lieberman calls for war on Lebanon
Opposition lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman has called on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s war cabinet to take the war to Lebanon, as Hezbollah and Israel trade fire across the border. “After 165 days it is clear to everyone that the Israeli government has given up the north,” Lieberman said in a post on X.
Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah began trading fire at the beginning of the war on Gaza. Some 80,000 residents have been displaced from northern Israel due to incoming rockets.
“I call on the war cabinet, the chief of staff and the general of the northern command to come to their senses and transfer the war to the enemy’s territory,” Netanyahu’s former defence minister added.
