Israeli prime minister says country can ‘stand alone’ and cites the ‘heroism and arms embargo’ of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war

Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will stand alone and “fight with our fingernails” in defiance of US threats to further restrict arms deliveries if Israeli forces proceeded with an offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah.

Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, was speaking on Thursday after Israeli and Hamas delegations left the ceasefire negotiations in Cairo.

It was unclear whether the talks had broken down or simply paused, but the failure to reach an agreement on this week’s round of meetings raised apprehension of an imminent Israeli attack on Rafah.

Netanyahu appeared to shrug off a public warning from the US president, Joe Biden, the previous night that if the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a major offensive on the city the US would not provide bombs and artillery shells to support the operation.

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  • snownyte@kbin.social
    165·
    6 months ago

    Nobody can believe the shit has gone on so far with Russia and Ukraine but here we are 2 years later.

    This conflict with Israel is looking to go on for just as long if not longer.

    • Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.worldEnglish
      44·
      6 months ago

      The conflict with Israel has gone on for 76 years. October 7th was just the start of a cycle of intensification within the larger conflict.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
        72·
        6 months ago

        Thats something that a lot of people seem to forget. This fight has been going on in one form or another since the creation of the modern state of Israel. And there is an almost unlimited amount of blood on the hands of both the Israelis and Palestinians. (As well as the colonial countries who set up the borders in the first place)