/ 27 March 2024

US-Israel relations on the rocks

Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu
President Joe Biden participates in a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, Wednesday, September 20. 2023 at the InterContinental Barclay in New York City. (Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith)

We mentioned the United Nations Security Council’s resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza yesterday, and there’s been a lot of fallout from that… The US – Israel’s longtime ally – abstained from voting, which essentially saw it waved through and the focus now is on what that means for the deteriorating US-Israel relationship. Reports say it’s “sank to a wartime low”, and US-Middle East expert Aaron David Miller says trust between US President Joe Biden and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is fraying. “If the crisis is not managed carefully, it’s only going to continue to worsen,” he said. Biden’s been trying to persuade Netanyahu to call off a planned invasion of Rafah, where 1.5 million Palestinians are sheltering… Overnight, a UN expert has told the Human Rights Council that Israel’s campaign in Gaza “amounted to genocide” – a claim Israel rejects – and has called for sanctions and an arms embargo.

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