WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden will meet Center East ally, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, on the White Home on Monday with prospects for a Gaza ceasefire showing slim and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israeli officers blaming one another for the deadlock.
On Sunday, Hamas reiterated its demand for an finish to the struggle in trade for the liberating of hostages, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flatly dominated that out.Hamas additionally attacked the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza that Israel mentioned killed three of its troopers.
A Jordanian diplomat advised Reuters Monday’s assembly between Biden and King Abdullah shouldn’t be a proper bilateral assembly however a casual non-public assembly. It comes because the Biden administration and Israeli officers stay at odds over Israel’s deliberate navy incursion in Rafah.
Biden final met King Abdullah on the White Home in February and the 2 longtime allies mentioned a frightening listing of challenges, together with a looming Israeli floor offensive in southern Gaza and the specter of a humanitarian calamity amongst Palestinian civilians. Jordan and different Arab states have been extremely crucial of Israel’s actions and have been demanding a ceasefire since mid-October as civilian casualties started to skyrocket. The struggle started after Hamas shocked Israel with a cross-border raid on October 7 by which 1,200 folks have been killed and 252 hostages taken, in accordance with Israeli tallies.
Biden final spoke to Netanyahu on April 28 and “reiterated his clear place” on a attainable invasion of the Gaza border metropolis of Rafah, the White Home mentioned. The US president has been vocal in his demand that Israel not undertake a floor offensive in Rafah and not using a plan to guard Palestinian civilians.
With pro-Palestinian protests erupting throughout US school campuses, Biden faces growing strain politically to persuade Israel to carry off on an invasion. Biden addressed the campus unrest over the struggle in Gaza final week however mentioned the campus protests had not pressured him to rethink his insurance policies within the Center East.
On Sunday, Hamas reiterated its demand for an finish to the struggle in trade for the liberating of hostages, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flatly dominated that out.Hamas additionally attacked the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza that Israel mentioned killed three of its troopers.
A Jordanian diplomat advised Reuters Monday’s assembly between Biden and King Abdullah shouldn’t be a proper bilateral assembly however a casual non-public assembly. It comes because the Biden administration and Israeli officers stay at odds over Israel’s deliberate navy incursion in Rafah.
Biden final met King Abdullah on the White Home in February and the 2 longtime allies mentioned a frightening listing of challenges, together with a looming Israeli floor offensive in southern Gaza and the specter of a humanitarian calamity amongst Palestinian civilians. Jordan and different Arab states have been extremely crucial of Israel’s actions and have been demanding a ceasefire since mid-October as civilian casualties started to skyrocket. The struggle started after Hamas shocked Israel with a cross-border raid on October 7 by which 1,200 folks have been killed and 252 hostages taken, in accordance with Israeli tallies.
Biden final spoke to Netanyahu on April 28 and “reiterated his clear place” on a attainable invasion of the Gaza border metropolis of Rafah, the White Home mentioned. The US president has been vocal in his demand that Israel not undertake a floor offensive in Rafah and not using a plan to guard Palestinian civilians.
With pro-Palestinian protests erupting throughout US school campuses, Biden faces growing strain politically to persuade Israel to carry off on an invasion. Biden addressed the campus unrest over the struggle in Gaza final week however mentioned the campus protests had not pressured him to rethink his insurance policies within the Center East.
