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WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu may be stalling on ending the aggression in Gaza for political reasons, according to an interview with Time magazine released on Tuesday.

The comments in the May 28 interview were made a few days before Biden detailed a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, and as the Israeli prime minister struggles with deep political divisions at home.

Asked whether he thought Netanyahu was prolonging the war for his own political reasons, Biden said: “There is every reason for people to draw that conclusion.”

Israel: Biden published partial version of Gaza plan

Biden, who has been pushing for an end to the nearly eight-month Israeli aggression, also said it was “uncertain” whether Israeli forces have committed war crimes in Gaza.

Last month, the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor in The Hague requested arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his defense chief, as well as three Hamas leaders, over alleged war crimes.

Israel launched an air and ground offensive in Gaza last October vowing to destroy Hamas.

The Israeli assault has killed more than 36,000 people in Gaza, according to health authorities there, who say thousands more bodies are buried under rubble.

Biden’s Gaza plan ‘not a good deal’ but Israel accepts it: Netanyahu’s aide

Opinion polls show most Israelis support the Israeli aggression in Gaza but blame Netanyahu for the security failures when Hamas gunmen rampaged through Israeli communities near Gaza on October 7, and would vote him out if there were an election.

Mass street protests have become weekly events, drawing tens of thousands demanding the government do more to bring home hostages seized by Hamas and calling for Netanyahu to go.

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KU Jun 04, 2024 11:11pm
Everyone knows that prolonging war will lead to settling displaced Palestinians in some neighbouring country, that too permanently. The killer of children goes scot fee.
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Az_Iz Jun 05, 2024 04:59am
Biden is not saying that Israel is 'not committing war crimes at all'. For a staunch Zionist, that is the closest one comes to admitting that war crimes are being committed.
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