{"id":2204184,"date":"2024-03-22T13:09:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T17:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-pushes-full-court-press-to-stop-israel-operations-in-rafah\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T13:16:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T17:16:05","slug":"us-pushes-full-court-press-to-stop-israel-operations-in-rafah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-pushes-full-court-press-to-stop-israel-operations-in-rafah\/","title":{"rendered":"US pushes full-court press to stop Israel operations in Rafah"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-pushes-full-court-press-to-stop-israel-operations-in-rafah%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2204184&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Urgent Standoff in Rafah:\u2062 Biden Administration\u2019s\u200c Diplomatic \u2063Efforts<\/h2>\n<p>The Biden administration \u2062is pulling out all the stops in an urgent bid\u200d to \u2063deter Israel from\u200c launching a full-scale military\u200d operation in Rafah, \u200bthe southern Gaza city serving as a refuge for over a million\u2062 Palestinians.<\/p>\n<h3>A Diplomatic Push for Alternative Solutions<\/h3>\n<p>In\u2064 a significant move, President Joe Biden engaged in a \u200bphone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, marking their first dialogue in over a month. \u200dThe discussion led to the decision to dispatch a delegation to\u200c Washington, D.C., \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-cancels-6-million-barrel-order-to-refill-strategic-petroleum-reserve\/\" title=\"Biden cancels 6M barrel order for Strategic Petroleum Reserve.\">explore alternative strategies<\/a>. National Security \u200dAdviser Jake Sullivan emphasized the aim to target key Hamas elements in Rafah and secure\u200b the Egypt-Gaza border without resorting to\u2063 an extensive ground invasion. \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Adding to the diplomatic mix, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken embarked on a trip to Israel for crucial discussions, while Israeli\u200d Minister of \u2064Defense\u2062 Yoav Gallant is slated to rendezvous with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in the coming week.<\/p>\n<h3>Debating\u200c the Approach<\/h3>\n<p>Secretary Blinken strongly voiced President Biden&#8217;s\u200c stance against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-releases-first-hostage-video-family-begs-world-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Hamas shares initial hostage video, pleads for global intervention.\">major ground operation<\/a> in\u2064 Rafah, stressing the catastrophic humanitarian consequences it\u2062 could entail. He highlighted the intricate balance between achieving\u200c military goals and \u2064safeguarding civilian lives, dismissing the\u200d notion that a massive \u200coperation in Rafah is the only viable path.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu made a case\u2063 for comprehensive action in Rafah during his post-meeting remarks with Blinken, underlining the necessity of eliminating remaining threats posed \u200cby\u2064 Hamas. However,\u200c discussions have veered towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-pushes-back-on-calls-for-gun-control-red-flag-laws-we-need-more-institutionalization\/\" title=\"DeSantis opposes gun control and red flag laws, advocating for increased institutionalization.\">exploring alternative strategies<\/a> that effectively address the security concern posed by \u200cHamas while minimizing the risk to civilians.<\/p>\n<h3>The Quest for Ceasefire<\/h3>\n<p>Blinken&#8217;s diplomatic\u200b mission also encompasses brokering a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas\u200c to facilitate humanitarian aid influx and potentially secure the \u2063release of hostages held since the conflict erupted. Despite sustained efforts by the\u200b U.S., Qatar, \u2063and Egypt,\u200c reaching a consensus on these critical fronts has proven\u200b to be\u200b elusive. The negotiation teams continue to work diligently amidst challenges to bridge the existing \u200dgaps and materialize a viable \u2062agreement.<\/p>\n<p>As the diplomatic tug-of-war in Rafah ensues, the \u2063world \u2063watches as\u200d key \u2063players \u2064navigate\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-suggests-biden-admins-russia-ukraine-policy-hampered-by-focus-on-securing-iran-nuclear-deal\/\" title=\"Cruz claims Biden's Russia-Ukraine policy is hindered by prioritizing the Iran nuclear deal.\">complex geopolitical landscape<\/a> \u200din pursuit of a resolution that balances security imperatives with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwan-government-sends-medical-supplies-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"Taiwan Government Sends Medical Supplies to Ukraine\">humanitarian considerations<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration is desperately trying to convince Israel not to carry out a full-scale military operation in Rafah, the southern city in Gaza where more than 1 million Palestinians are sheltering from the front lines. President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, which was their first conversation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2204185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24082486964059-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2204184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24082486964059-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2204184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2204185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2204184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2204184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2204184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}