Biden faults Netanyahu over aid flow into Gaza
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to increase humanitarian aid into Gaza.
“We’ll see what he does in terms of meeting the commitments that he made to me,” Biden said at the White House.
Biden has warned Netanyahu that future U.S. support for the war depends on swift implementation of new steps to protect civilians and aid workers.
Although the flow of trucks has increased since Biden spoke with Netanyahu last week, the president said Israel should open another access point in Gaza’s north.
In an interview that aired late Tuesday, Biden said Netanyahu’s approach to the war against Hamas terrorists is mistaken.
“What he’s doing is a mistake. I don’t agree with his approach,” Biden told U.S. Spanish-language broadcaster Univision in an interview conducted on April 3, two days after the strike on a World Central Kitchen aid convoy. He was responding to a question about whether Netanyahu was letting political considerations steer his decision-making in the war.