During a phone call on Thursday, US President Joe Biden emphasized to Prime Minister Netanyahu the urgent need for a ceasefire in Gaza amidst the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, which was triggered by Hamas’ brutal assault on October 7th.
The White House provided a statement noting Biden’s insistence on the immediate ceasefire as crucial for stabilizing the situation, improving humanitarian conditions, and safeguarding innocent civilians. Biden urged the Prime Minister to authorize his negotiators to swiftly reach an agreement to bring about the release of hostages.
This conversation marks the initial contact between the two leaders following an IDF airstrike earlier this week, which tragically claimed the lives of seven aid workers associated with a World Central Kitchen convoy.
The following is the full Whitehouse statement:
“President Biden spoke by telephone with Prime Minister Netanyahu. The two leaders discussed the situation in Gaza. President Biden emphasized that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable. He made clear the need for Israel to announce and implement a series of specific, concrete, and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering, and the safety of aid workers.
“He made clear that U.S. policy with respect to Gaza will be determined by our assessment of Israel’s immediate action on these steps. He underscored that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilize and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians, and he urged the Prime Minister to empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to bring the hostages home. The two leaders also discussed public Iranian threats against Israel and the Israeli people. President Biden made clear that the United States strongly supports Israel in the face of those threats.”
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Unfortunately for Netanyahu, his method of ongoing fighting isn’t producing the desired results of hostages being released, so everyone is getting pissed at Netanyahu, so the quicker he concedes, the less shall be Netanyahu’s humiliation
@147, As if anyone else salivating to be PM would do a better job than him
That’s right “mr bite me” start the war with your evil policies and dictate to the victims the terms of surrender
The deaths of these 7 international aid workers gas done more for Hamas than the 30000 civilian losses they claim. Makes you wonder if they aren’t responsible for killing them and making it appear that Israel dunnit.
So Biden now says that Hamas can keep their prisoners and is forgiven for rape and murder (heck, it is like the victmems were non-Jewish liberals).
Israel should learn the lesson that it has to strive for independence, even if it means giving up its high (for the upper classes, at least) First World standard of living and be prepared to defend themselves without American support.
Netanyahu has been in power for all these years due to his strategy to do nothing or the bare minimum until new and bigger crisis distracts attention from the previous crisis. The dumb masses are prisoners of his smooth talking and disposition, the dumb masses might even vote him in again…
Time to add Gaza to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki category since the Americans want to see quick results. No other choice.
@147. Glad you’re not in charge of anything important with an attitude like that.
Majorly Misleading (false) headline. YWN editors at it again… No where in the transcript does is say the President Biden demanded an immediate ceasefire.
It says this regarding a ceasefire:
“He underscored that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilize and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians, and he urged the Prime Minister to empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to BRING THE HOSTAGES HOME.”
NO ONE ARGUES that a ceasefire is ESSENTIAL for humanitarian reason. the question is how do we get to a ceasefire and return of the hostages…
Yochy: Get a hearing aid. There is video on the YWN news website just above this story with TRUMP demanding that Israel “get it done NOW”. Biden (along with a growing percentage of Israelis) is seeking an immediate cease fire with release of the hostages in return.
What a bully! The bully is almost always one with a weak self-esteem. Either his wife or his mentor put him up to this. What a bully.
ALL DIRECT RESULT OF THE גזירות AGAINST BNEI TORAH, YESHIVOS AND KOLLELIM!
WAKE UP: 1. KILLING OF 7 AID WORKERS – UK GOVERNMENT NOW BEEN TOLD IT’S A CRIME TO SELL ARMS TO ISRAEL.
2. DRONE ATTACK IN ELAT WITH NEAR MISS OF $500M WAR SHIP
3. ISRAELS KILLING OF TOP IRANIAN GENERAL – NOW AWAITING IRANIAN’S RESPONSE
4. BIDEN: “REWARD HAMAS WITH SEMI-SURRENDER”
5. SPAIN PROMISED TO RECOGNISE PALESTINAN STATE BY JULY
TORAH HATERS; WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE YOU REALISE YOU ARE BURNING YOUR COUNTRY??!!
@dovidthekanai
Everything you wrote is true. Just wish you would have a more reader friendly sounding user name so people might accept what you are saying
For a change, I gotta say he’s right! Even Trump is fed up with Israel’s behavior, killing foreign aid workers was really a step too far. We have to face reality. Because of this Israeli government’s reckless behavior, most people even on the right have stopped supporting the “Jewish” (read non Jewish) state. Bullying people into submission by calling them antisemites if they criticize the way Israel is handling this is not going to work anymore.