2023-10-16 03:01:40
According to US media, US President Joe Biden is considering a trip to Israel in the coming days. This was reported by US media such as the Axios portal on Sunday evening (local time), citing sources in the Israeli and US governments. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited Biden to Israel during a phone call on Saturday. The final decision about a trip has not yet been made, it said.
Biden sent his Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Israel and other countries in the region last week after the attacks by the Islamist Hamas terrorists. Blinken wanted to attend appointments in Israel again this Monday. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was also in Israel for talks on Friday.
In Biden’s opinion, sending US troops to Israel is not necessary. Israel has “one of the best fighting forces,” Biden said in a television interview with “60 Minutes.” But it would be a mistake if Israel occupied the Gaza Strip. While he believes that Hamas must be completely eliminated, there must also be a path to the formation of a Palestinian state.
Biden is confident that Israel will abide by the rules of war. And he warned that the threat of terrorism in the United States had increased due to unrest in the Middle East.
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