Are Biden And Netanyahu Breaking On The War Between Israel And Hamas?

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🗓️ 12 February 2024

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Summary

The question looming over the war between Israel and Hamas is what will happen what will happen to Rafah, the city in southern Gaza. More than half of Gaza's population has sought refuge there–an estimated one and a half million people.

Israel says that in order to defeat Hamas, it needs to bring the war to Rafah. The Biden administration says a military operation in Rafah cannot proceed. Is this a hairline crack or the beginning of a rift between the U.S. and Israel that could reverberate across the region?

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayhu's visions for the future of the war in Gaza are beginning to look irreconcilable. What does that mean for Biden's steadfast support of Israel?

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0:00.0	President Biden has a go-to anecdote to describe his long and complicated relationship
0:06.4	with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister.
0:09.8	I've known BB for now 51 years.
0:13.2	He told it last year.
0:14.6	At a White House Hanukkah reception,
0:16.6	Biden says Netanyahu has a photo of the two of them
0:20.0	from when Biden was a 32-year-old senator and Netanyahu was serving in Israel's
0:25.0	foreign service.
0:26.0	And I wrote on the top of Beebi, I love him, but I don't agree with the damn thing you had to say.
0:30.0	In the present moment, that is not quite true.
0:34.6	Biden and Netanyahu agree that Israel has a right to continue its war in Gaza
0:40.4	after the Hamas attacks that killed some 1,200 Israelis last year.
0:45.0	The U.S. continues to supply arms to Israel.
0:49.0	It has also blocked a United Nations resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, but even back at that
0:55.8	event in December, Biden hinted at disagreements about how Israel was conducting its war.
1:02.0	We have to be careful. We have to be careful.
1:04.0	The whole world's public opinion can shift overnight.
1:08.0	We can't let that happen.
1:09.0	As the war in Gaza has dragged on,
1:12.0	Biden's Secretary of State,
1:14.0	his National Security Advisor,
1:15.6	and his Defense Secretary have each
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