Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has shown little interest in striking a peace deal with Hamas, but rather by escalating the threat of broader war in the civil war. He said he was concerned that he was trying to influence the U.S. presidential election. Middle East by actively confronting Hezbollah in Reb Anon.
Murphy acknowledged that peace in Gaza is unlikely to be achieved by Election Day and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be turning his attention to US domestic politics as he launches a bombing campaign deep into Lebanon targeting Hezbollah.
“I'm certainly concerned that Prime Minister Netanyahu is looking at the U.S. election as he makes decisions about military operations in the north and Gaza,” Murphy told CNN's Erin Burnett. Ta.
“While we hope this is not true, it is certainly possible that the Israeli government will not sign any diplomatic agreements before the US election as a means of potentially trying to influence the outcome,” Murphy said. Deep rifts have emerged within the Democratic Party over the Gaza war.
Murphy said he hopes that assessment is wrong, but the evidence points to that conclusion.
“I hope I'm wrong, but you don't have to be a hopeless cynic to see some of Israel's actions and some of Prime Minister Netanyahu's actions as being related to the American election. I don’t think so,” Murphy said.
The lack of a Gaza peace agreement is most visible as a political liability for President Biden and Vice President Harris in Michigan, which is home to a large population of Palestinian Americans and other people of Middle Eastern descent.
More than 100,000 Democratic primary voters in Michigan voted “noncommit” in February's primary to express their concerns and opposition to Biden's handling of the Gaza war.
In Dearborn and Hamtramck, where Arab-Americans make up the majority of the population, Biden received fewer votes than non-committals.
Escalating fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah has brought Iran closer to direct military conflict with Israel, giving former President Trump an opportunity to criticize Biden and Harris' foreign policy and national security response.
“I've been talking about World War III for a long time, and I don't want to make predictions because predictions always come true. But they are very close to a global catastrophe,” President Trump said at an event on Tuesday. mentioned in. “We have a non-existent president and a non-existent vice president who should be in charge.”
