Biden unsure if Israel's Netanyahu is delaying Gaza peace deal to influence US elections
Biden-Netanyahu tension
United States President Joe Biden said heis unsure whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is avoiding the Gaza ceasefire deal to influence the US presidential elections in November.The US president made the statement in response to aquestion during a pressconference at the White House on Friday (Oct 4).
"Whether he’s trying to influence the election, I don’t know - but I’m not counting on that," Biden said.
The US president bluntly added, "No administration has helped Israel more than I have. None, none, none," he said. "And I think [Netanyahu] should remember that."
The Biden administration for months now has ignored the narrative that Israel could intentionally hold up the peace deal for Gaza and instead blamed the several breakdowns in talks with Hamas on the Palestinian militant group.
Meanwhile, some Democrats (Biden's party)have raised concerns that Netanyahu is ignoring the calls to negotiate a hostage release and ceasefire deal to harm the party's chances of winning the presidential election inNovember.
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Earlier this week, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy told CNN: “I don’t think you have to be a hopeless cynic to read some of Israel’s actions, some of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s actions, as connected to the American election.”
According to the polls, the intensifying West Asia crisis and the failure to secure a diplomatic agreement are affecting Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who replaced him as the Democratic presidential candidate.
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Biden has been pushing for a diplomatic agreement between Israel and Hamas for months now and on several occasions said that they are close to making a deal.
A deal before the election would be a major boost for the president and the Democratic Party, however, it appears to be increasingly unlikely.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu rejected the White House's suggestion that the deal was close. "Hamas is not there with a deal. There’s not a deal in the making, unfortunately,” the Israeli prime minister said earlier this month just hours after a US official said it was 90 per cent complete.
(With inputs from agencies)
