Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a secret rebuke to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday night, pushing back on Blinken's argument that Israel cannot defeat Hamas in the Gaza Strip and should embrace a Palestinian state.
Without naming Blinken, Netanyahu criticized those who were trying to tie Israel's hands and said Israel could not win.
On Wednesday, reports surfaced that Prime Minister Blinken told Prime Minister Netanyahu last week that Israel would not succeed in destroying Hamas' military capabilities, a claim that was based on Israel's continued military successes and , which was at odds with the Israeli public's strong support for the war. Blinken and the Biden administration also want Israel to accept a Palestinian state as a condition of peace.
Blinken said this at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. new york times Columnist Tom Friedman, a passionate anti-Netanyahu opinion writer, argued that the current obstacle to peace in the Middle East is Israeli society, not Arab countries.
The response from the Prime Minister's Office was defiant.
Prime Minister Netanyahu began his press conference by reading a note he received from the mother of a paratrooper who died in Gaza, imploring his mother to “destroy evil so that we may know that they did not fall in vain.”
He vowed to continue the war until Israel achieves its goals of annihilating Hamas, returning hostages, and restoring security to Israel's borders.
In response to reports that the Biden administration is trying to bypass Prime Minister Netanyahu and plan for “the day after Netanyahu,” the prime minister said that “the day after Netanyahu” does not mean “the day after Netanyahu” when it comes to Palestinian statehood. “The day after a majority of supporters won.” The people of Israel oppose the creation of such a state.
Opinion polls support him, with a majority of Israelis supporting a Palestinian state in 2012. After several wars instigated by Hamas, including the October 7 terrorist attack, Israeli public opinion shifted In completely the opposite direction.In the Arab world, despite the persistence of the Abraham Accords between Israel and several Arab countries, 89% of the general population I refuse Any perception of Israel.
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