Gaza: Biden Speaks With Netanyahu But PM Says It’s ‘Stupidity To Criticize Israel’

On a day the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu had a telephone conversation with the United States president, Joe Biden, he was in no mood to tolerate criticism of his military action in Gaza.

In Tel Aviv, Netanyahu, on Wednesday, addressed over 70 foreign ambassadors and diplomatic representatives regarding the country’s offensive against Hamas military group in Gaza, Palestine.

Netanyahu said that Hamas deliberately attacked Israel and has since been using civilians as human shields and residential areas as terror tools.

He frowned at those condemning the country’s actions against Hamas, adding that such behaviour emboldens terrorism.

“There is no army in the world that does more than the Israeli army, in the Israeli security services, in Israeli intelligence to prevent collateral damage. To have Israel criticized for that is absurd. Not only is absurd and unjust and untrue, it does enormous damage to democracies that are fighting this kind of evil. It says you cannot protect yourself.

“Because Hamas is embedded deeply in civilian areas, because it uses civilian human shields. Democracies have a choice. They can say there is nothing we can do. We will absorb attacks against our cities. We can do that or we can level the cities.

“Instead of having the perpetrators who commit double war crimes, who are hiding behind civilians and firing on civilians, not having them criticized but having you criticized is the height of hypocrisy and stupidity. What that does is in fact encourage the terrorists. It gives support, it gives encouragement to the terrorists and that is something that is bad for each one of us,” he said.

He urged countries to unite against Hamas for the peace and security of the Middle East.

“I’m not shy about saying it openly, I think you should support Israel strongly because this is not merely a question of Israel’s security; it’s a question of our common security and our common interests in the Middle East,” he claimed.

His comments came after the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) had condemned Israel for carrying babaric attacks on Palestines as well as desecrating holy sites at the Temple Mount, Jerusalem.

Also, the Organization of American States backed Israel while designating Hamas as a terrorist organization.

The United States President Joe Biden had a phone chat with Netanyahu on Wednesday.

Biden urged him to work towards stopping the escalation between Israel and Gaza, Palestine.

“The two leaders had a detailed discussion on the state of events in Gaza, Israel’s progress in degrading the capabilities of Hamas and other terrorist elements, and ongoing diplomatic efforts by regional governments and the United States. The President conveyed to the Prime Minister that he expected a significant de-escalation today on the path to a ceasefire,” White House noted in a statement.