Netanyahu Set To Defy Biden’s Red Line – Will Have Military Operation In Rafah
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Joe Biden is not respected by world leaders.
His foreign policy has been a disaster.
Joe Biden went on MSNBC to try and draw a red line for the government of Israel.
The red line was in response to a possible military operation in Rafah.
President Biden said in an interview on MSNBC on Saturday that he has a “red line” when it comes to the war in Gaza. “You can’t have another 30,000 Palestinians dead as a consequence of going after (Hamas). There are other ways to deal with Hamas,” he said.
Why it matters: This was the first time since the Hamas attack on October 7 that Biden said he has a “red line” for the Israeli military operation in Gaza.
Biden’s remarks in the interview are another sign that the President’s patience about the Netanyahu government is growing thin.
The president gave the “red line” remark in response to a question about a possible military operation in Rafah — something the administration has expressed serious concerns about.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going to defy this.
Netanyahu said. “We’ll go there. We’re not going to leave them. You know, I have a red line. You know what the red line is? That October 7 doesn’t happen again. Never happens again.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he intends to press ahead with an invasion of the city of Rafah on the southern border of the Gaza Strip in defiance of United States President Joe Biden, who has warned such an offensive would be a “red line.”
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Relief organizations have warned that an attack on Rafah on the border with Egypt — now a refuge for about half of Gaza’s 2.3 million population — would result in widespread civilian casualties. Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said it would be “a humanitarian catastrophe.”
When asked on Sunday whether Israeli forces would move into Rafah, Netanyahu replied: “We’ll go there. We’re not going to leave them. You know, I have a red line. You know what the red line is? That October 7 doesn’t happen again. Never happens again.” The prime minister was referring to the murderous Hamas raid that killed more than 1,160 people in Israel and triggered the war.
Without naming them, Netanyahu claimed he had the tacit support of several Arab leaders for driving ahead with the onslaught against Hamas.
“They understand that, and even agree with it quietly,” he said in an interview with Axel Springer, POLITICO’s parent company. “They understand Hamas is part of the Iranian terror axis.”
