The tense call between Israel and the US before the Gaza ceasefire resolution was approved and Netanyahu’s reaction was mocked

The American Axios website wrote on Wednesday local time about the behind-the-scenes calls between Israeli and American officials before the adoption of a resolution establishing an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in the UN Security Council: two officials Americans and Israelis said that on Sunday, before the vote at the United Nations, Strategic Affairs Secretary Ron Dermer called Brett McGurk, Biden’s top adviser on the West Asia, and expressed concern about America’s intention not to veto the resolution.

This American media wrote: According to an American official, Dermer and McGurk’s call was extremely tense and Dermer accused the American government of betraying Israel and threatened to fight with America over this vote.

Axios continued: But another American official said that the description of the call was not accurate.

According to IRNA reporter, after nearly 6 months of Israel’s war in Gaza, the members of the United Nations Security Council on April 6, 1403 equal to March 25, 2024, with 14 positive votes of this council, as well as the abstaining vote of the United States and the absence of this country’s veto. They agreed with Resolution 2728 to establish an immediate ceasefire in Gaza so that a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas can be established in the remaining days of the holy month of Ramadan.

Following the approval of this resolution, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced: The trip of the Israeli delegation to Washington, which was supposed to discuss the operation in Rafah, was canceled.

Netanyahu’s office announced in this statement: America has withdrawn from its decisive positions and the Israeli delegation will not go to Washington. This American action harms the efforts to free the prisoners; Because it carries a message for Hamas that international pressure will allow a ceasefire agreement to be reached without the release of prisoners.

The American website Axios wrote in this regard, quoting an American official: “Some of Biden’s top advisers laughed after hearing Netanyahu’s new reason for canceling this trip after the UN Security Council vote.”

An American official also said that the cancellation of this trip and the rhetoric surrounding it by Netanyahu was an unnecessary show, and a senior Israeli official also agreed with this and said: Bibi (Benjamin Netanyahu) was wrong.

When Netanyahu announced the cancellation of a trip by his top advisers to protest the US vote on the ceasefire resolution, the White House decided to discuss Rafah and the military strike with Israeli War Minister Yoav Gallant, who is in Washington. America is scheduled to hold talks.

Gallant met with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at the White House on Monday. He also met with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and CIA Director Bill Burns.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following these talks, withdrew from his initial decision, which caused him to be ridiculed in the White House, and claimed: “My decision not to send a delegation to Washington following that resolution was a message to Hamas. .”

The Axios website also wrote about this: A senior American official said that Netanyahu sent a similar message privately to the White House on Tuesday, saying that he did not intend to choose a conflict with Biden.

Source: IRNA