Today, Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the differences between him and US President Joe Biden over the conduct of the war on Gaza, and accused Israeli parties of cooperating with the US administration against the Israeli government, and at the same time referred to the visit of a member of the war cabinet, Benny Gantz to Washington, and that the latter must be able to say “no” to the Americans.

At the beginning of deliberations described as “secret” in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, Netanyahu said that the severe criticism directed at him by American officials, including Biden, “is because I prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state. Another prime minister would have implemented that and won the Americans, but he would have lost the battle of Israel versus "Hamas. We have no choice but to work in Rafah."

Regarding Gantz’s visit to Washington despite Netanyahu’s opposition, the latter said, “Whoever travels to the United States must be able to stand behind the government’s policy and say ‘no’ to the Americans, just as I say ‘no’ to them.”

Netanyahu continued, "We are waging a double battle, military and political. Both are linked to each other, of course, and the political struggle gives us the time space as well as the resources to reach the exhaustion of the results of the war."

He pointed out, "We have been fighting for more than five months, and this is a record number in the history of Israel's wars, with the exception of the War of Independence. We are of course subject to increasing international pressure and repelling it in order to complete the goals of the war. I would like to mention very briefly that this war is the destruction or elimination of military and authoritarian capabilities." To Hamas, to free all our kidnappers and to ensure that Gaza does not pose a threat to Israel.”

Netanyahu added, "We must complete the military elimination of Hamas. There is no alternative to that, and we cannot proceed around that, and it is not possible to say 'We will destroy 80% of Hamas', 'We will destroy 20%', because this 20% will reorganize itself and reoccupy the Gaza Strip, and they will constitute Of course, it is a renewed threat to Israel, and of course this will be a victory for the broadest axis that threatens us, the Iranian axis.”

He continued, "Eliminating Hamas requires liquidating the remaining brigades in Rafah, and of course one and a half battalions in the camps in the middle of the Gaza Strip. We are determined to implement this matter. We have a discussion that I will put on the table, and everyone knows it, as the US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, said yesterday." We have a discussion with the Americans about the necessity of entering Rafah. We do not see the possibility of eliminating Hamas from a military standpoint without annihilating these remaining brigades. We are determined to implement that.”

Netanyahu claimed, “Out of respect for President (Biden), we agreed on a way through which they could present to us their ideas, especially on the humanitarian side, which we of course share this desire to allow an orderly exit of the (Gazan) population and provide aid to the civilian population. We have been doing this from the beginning.” the war".

Netanyahu referred to his phone conversation with Biden yesterday, and said that “I made it clear to the president that we are determined to complete the elimination of these battalions in Rafah. There is no possibility of implementing this except for a ground entry” by the Israeli army.

In his answer to a question asked by committee members about the lack of an Israeli media campaign in the United States, Netanyahu added, “This is not just about money (to finance a campaign). This is simply because there are no people. You are surrounded by people who do not know the structure of a sentence (in English). Such people should be found."