26/12/2023–|Last updated: 12/26/202308:57 AM (Mecca time)
Israeli and American officials said that Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, will arrive in Washington on Tuesday to hold meetings with the administration of the US President. joe biden About Israel’s plans to reduce the war and move to a “low-intensity” operation in Gaza stripAccording to what was reported by the Axios news website.
According to the website, Dermer, who is considered the closest confidant to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuThe meetings will be held amid growing tensions between the Biden administration and the Israeli government over when the current phase of the war should end, what measures should be taken, and what will happen in Gaza after it ends.
The US President recently acknowledged, in a rare criticism, that Israel is carrying out indiscriminate bombing of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, which has continued since October 7, has led to hundreds of massacres, the fall of about 21,000 martyrs, 55,000 wounded, massive destruction of infrastructure, and an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.
The Aksoy website explained that during his visit to Washington, Dermer will meet with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and the Secretary of State Anthony Blinken And members of CongressThe main issue of discussion between the Biden administration and the Netanyahu government will be “how to end matters within a time frame.”
Axios also quoted Israeli officials as saying that Dermer is expected to discuss with US officials Israel’s plans for the “low-intensity” phase of the war, which Israeli officials expect to begin by the end of January, and will also discuss with them Netanyahu’s ideas regarding “governance of Gaza on the ground.” “long term” after the end of the war.
The Biden administration had publicly said that it wanted it to be For the Palestinian Authority A role in governing Gaza in the post-Islamic Resistance Movement reality (agitationNetanyahu has previously rejected this idea, but according to an American official – according to the site – Dermer and other Israeli officials have begun in recent weeks to talk to their American counterparts about governing the Palestinian Authority “after its reform.”
In addition to the above, Dermer is also expected to discuss – according to Axios – concerns about Israel’s ammunition stockpile and the United States’ demand to accelerate arms shipments, an Israeli official said.
Israeli and American officials said that the Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant He spoke with Blinken last week and expressed concern about the delay in munitions deliveries, with Gallant asking if the holdup was politically motivated and Blinken assuring him it was not. Two US officials said that no decision had been made to slow the delivery of munitions to Israel and that the delay was “purely a procedural issue,” according to Axios.
It is noteworthy that on Monday, Netanyahu renewed his refusal to stop the war on the Gaza Strip, and said that “the war in Gaza is far from over,” and he denied before his party’s representatives what he described as “false media speculation” that his government might call for stopping the fighting against the Strip, and pledged to expand military operations. Under the pretext that this is the only way to secure the release of detainees.
