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La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, October 5, 2024, p. 17
Washington. US President Joe Biden told the press that he did not know if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was delaying a peace agreement in order to influence the outcome of the US presidential elections in November, as the senator raised this week. Democrat Chris Murphy, to CNN.
“No government has supported Israel more than mine. None. and I think that Bibi “You should remember it,” declared the head of the White House, referring to the Israeli president by his nickname. And if he is trying to influence the elections, I don’t know, but I’m not counting on it..
Biden said Israel had not yet decided how it would respond to Iran’s attack, although the possibility of an offensive on Iranian oil fields was mentioned. I think if I were in your place, I would be thinking about other alternatives..
He rejected the idea that he was seeking a meeting with Netanyahu to discuss this response. Not so, he said: I assume that when they decide how they are going to respond, we will have a discussion.
Trump thinks they should hit Iran’s atomic facilities
Meanwhile, the Republican candidate for the White House, Donald Trump, stated that Israel should hit Iranian nuclear facilities and criticized Biden for opposing it.
The day after Iran launched nearly 200 missiles at Israel, a journalist asked the US president if he would support an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. The answer is noindicated the Democrat, and specified that the G-7 countries agreed that Tel Aviv You have the right to respond, but you must do so in a proportionate manner.
At a campaign event with supporters in North Carolina, Trump indicated that he thought he was wrong when he heard the answer.
“The answer should have been: ‘hit the nuclear first, and worry about the rest later,’” the tycoon said.
On a related issue, the United Kingdom allocated another $13.25 million for humanitarian aid to the Lebanese population displaced by the Israeli attacks, in addition to $5 million already allocated.
The United States did not condemn Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon (on October 1) and is actually encouraging an expanded zone of military operationsdenounced the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, from Moscow.