Israel PM insists his priority is to prevent another terror attack like the Oct. 7 Hamas raid.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he intends to press ahead with an invasion of the city of Rafah on the southern border of the Gaza Strip in defiance of United States President Joe Biden, who has warned such an offensive would be a “red line.”

Without naming them, Netanyahu claimed he had the tacit support of several Arab leaders for driving ahead with the onslaught against Hamas.

Israel’s prime minister also doubled down on his rejection of the possibility of a Palestinian state — a topic that pits Israel against most of the rest of the world.

“The positions that I espouse are supported by the overwhelming majority of Israelis who say to you after October 7: ‘We don’t want to see a Palestinian state,’” he said.

    • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Well like a certain candidate for president of the USA he will probably face consequences when he loses presidential immunity (or not regain it, in case of the candidate), and he is in charge for as long as that war lasts.

      Let’s just say that presidential immunity creates the wrong incentives for people and should maybe not exists

    • xmunkEnglish
      112·
      8 months ago

      Honestly, it feels closer to Hitler testing the limits of appeasement at this point. “Yes, but what if I took the Sudetenland… and what about a corridor through Gdánsk…”

  • agitatedpotato@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Biden continues to espouse that he will always fund Israel, his red line had nothing to do with funding. It’s not shocking that no ones listening to him. It’s either wilful incompetence or malevolence at this point.