White House: We have not made a bet for Israel about the end of the war
The spokesman of the National Security Council of the White House stated in a press conference on Thursday that Washington has not set a condition for Israel in terms of the duration of the war. |
According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, John Kirby, the spokesman of the White National Security Council, stated to reporters today that Washington has not set a condition for Israel in terms of the duration of the war.
John Kirby said: “We have not set a condition for the duration of the war for Israel, but we want this war to end as soon as possible.”
Axios website, citing two American and Israeli officials, reported that Sullivan said in today’s meeting with Netanyahu’s war cabinet that it is necessary to “transition to a milder phase of the war within a few weeks, not a few months.”
Despite this, Axios also confirmed that Sullivan’s statement did not amount to setting a deadline for Israel.
An Israeli official said there was no pressure from Sullivan on Israel to end the war, but he expressed concern about Palestinian displacement and civilian casualties.
Today, the New York Times quoted several American officials and claimed that the Biden administration asked Israel to complete its large-scale ground operations in Gaza within three months.
John Kirby claimed in today’s press conference that the US is trying to reach a short-term temporary ceasefire in Gaza. He once again claimed that there is concern about a long ceasefire that may end up in favor of Hamas.
The Joe Biden administration has supported Israel’s response to the October 7 attack and has not expressed opposition to Tel Aviv’s stated goal of destroying Hamas in Gaza, but the White House is under increasing pressure from Domestic and international circles have been placed.
On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden, in a rare criticism of Israel, said that Netanyahu’s cabinet should be changed. Biden also said that international support for Israel’s military operations in Gaza is declining.
Despite this, Biden’s comments mean practical action to end the war that has killed thousands. There has been no civilian casualties in Gaza.
On Tuesday, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. America was one of the few countries that voted against this resolution. The American government previously vetoed another resolution in the Security Council that had a similar goal. The occupation of Palestine and nearly two decades of siege of Gaza and imprisonment and torture of thousands of Palestinians started the operation known as “Al-Aqsa storm”. This operation was one of the deadliest attacks against this regime. Hamas fighters penetrated into the occupied territories at several points of the border fences, attacked villages and besides killing a large number of Israelis, captured a number of them.
Zionist regime In response to this operation, it launched heavy attacks against Gaza and placed this area under a complete siege. Despite this, as analysts say, the al-Aqsa storm operation has imposed a major security-political defeat on Israel.
The Israeli regime has declared the goal of its operations in Gaza to destroy Hamas, but many Western and European personalities have stated in the past days that Hamas is an ideology and it is not possible to destroy it. put down and hand over all those who were guilty of October 7, the war can end right now.”
At the same time, Osama Hamdan, one of the leaders of the Hamas movement, said that Netanyahu and His war headquarters have no choice but to declare their defeat.
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