Trump officially clinched the Republican nomination upon Nikki Haley suspending her campaign.
The question about US forces on the ground in Gaza seems less of an if than it does a when, how many, and under more or less coordinated circumstances with Israel.
While tensions ensue between the Israeli and American governments over Israel's war in Gaza, US VP Harris spoke on the need to distinguish between the Israeli government and the Israeli people.
"The yellow ribbons and dog tags that some members of Congress chose to wear in honor of the hostages are a powerful reminder that those captured by Hamas are not forgotten."
The United Nations said in February that more than a quarter of Gaza’s 2.3 million people were “estimated to be facing catastrophic levels of deprivation and starvation.”
While Biden’s disdain for Netanyahu’s coalition government is nothing new, Israel’s new willingness to transparently push back on the US administration is a welcome, if uncomfortable development.
Gantz's US trip not only spotlights his independence from Netanyahu, it positions him as the prime frontrunner to become Israel's new Prime Minister.
“The situation for children, for women, for men who are caught in this crossfire of Hamas’s making inside of Gaza is unacceptable and unsustainable," Blinken said.
Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and rising tensions with the US, Minister Benny Gantz will visit Washington and meet several senior members of the Biden administration.
Despite US pressure against reoccupying Gaza, Netanyahu has repeatedly said Israel will maintain security over the densely populated enclave once the war ends.
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