{"id":2212720,"date":"2024-04-04T05:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T09:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-party-member-says-israel-made-mistake-in-slowing-pace-of-gaza-operation\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T05:27:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T09:27:58","slug":"netanyahu-party-member-says-israel-made-mistake-in-slowing-pace-of-gaza-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-party-member-says-israel-made-mistake-in-slowing-pace-of-gaza-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu party member acknowledges Israel&#8217;s error in slowing down Gaza operation"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fnetanyahu-party-member-says-israel-made-mistake-in-slowing-pace-of-gaza-operation%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=2212720&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--><p>It seems the content you\u2063 provided seems to be cut off. 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Please share the actual text you would\u200c like me to summarize, and I&#8217;ll\u200b be more than happy to assist \u2063you in crafting a concise summary based on the \u2062complete information \u2064available.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Longtime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israeli<\/a> politician and diplomat Danny Danon believes his country made a mistake in dragging out its military campaign in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a> to satisfy outside interests.<\/p>\n<p>Danon, a member of Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s<\/a> Likud Party and former ambassador to the United Nations, told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that Israel changed \u201cthe mode of operation\u201d after the weeklong ceasefire in late November 2023 to a slower pace to meet the requests of outside voices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we made a mistake,\u201d he said. \u201cNow we are acting slower. I think we should have continued full force ahead like we started the war. We could have finished by now.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Israel\u2019s former outgoing ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon on July 28, 2020. (AP Photo\/Sebastian Scheiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Danon argued it was a mistake to make the changes to the way Israel was carrying out operations in Gaza because \u201cthe international community did not appreciate what we did and on the contrary, [they\u2019re now] applying more pressure.\u201d Had Israel continued its initial war pace, he said, \u201cwe would have been able to start to speak about [the] reconstruction\u201d of Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>His comments come as Israel plans to invade Rafah, the southern city in Gaza, where more than a million Palestinians have fled to in an effort to avoid the main battlegrounds of the war. The city is the last remaining place in the strip Israeli forces have yet to conduct full-scale operations, though it also is where a majority of Gaza civilians are sheltering due to the previous months of war.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials remain steadfast in their belief that Israel can achieve its goals in Rafah without carrying out a ground invasion, which they believe has the chance to incur scores of civilian casualties, but Israel believes there is no other way. American and Israeli leaders remain in conversation about these alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> has repeatedly supported Israel\u2019s war efforts against Hamas, and his administration has continued to provide Israel with military aid even as officials urged Israeli leaders to do more to prevent civilian casualties. The Hamas-controlled Gaza health ministry has reported approximately 32,000 deaths during the war, though that number does not differentiate between civilians and combatants.<\/p>\n<p>While Danon said Israel does not take Biden\u2019s support for granted, he also argued that November\u2019s presidential election in the United States has put the two countries on a \u201ccontradiction of calendars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has faced significant pressure from the more progressive wing of his party and from a majority of the Arab American community for his continued support for Israel despite tens of thousands of casualties, widespread Palestinian internal displacement, and a lack of aid so grave it has international entities worried about the possibility of famine.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Palestinians inspect the ruins of a residential building for the Abu Muammar family after an Israeli airstrike on Friday, March 29, 2024, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. (AP Photo\/Hatem Ali)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thaer Ahmad, a Palestinian American doctor who has spent time in Gaza since the war began, walked out of a meeting with Biden on Tuesday over his handling of the war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said it was disappointing I\u2019m the only Palestinian here, and out of respect for my community, I\u2019m going to leave,\u201d Ahmad said he told the president, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/02\/politics\/white-house-ramadan-meeting\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CNN<\/a>. It is the latest example of Biden being confronted by Americans who disagree with his stance on the war.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad\u2019s protest came the same day Biden spoke out about an Israeli airstrike that killed seven aid workers. Israeli leaders rarely comment on military operations, but in this case, they have already acknowledged innocent people were killed in the strike and described it as a case of misidentification.<\/p>\n<p>Danon, like Netanyahu, described the mistaken airstrike that killed seven aid workers as an incident that happens during war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, during time of war, when you have NGOs in war areas, those kinds of incidents happen,\u201d Danon added. \u201cYou know, we always try to avoid such cases and it\u2019s unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden\u00a0said he was \u201coutraged and heartbroken\u201d by the strike, and he criticized Israel for the number of aid workers who have been killed during the nearly six months of war.<\/p>\n<p>The president rebuked Israel for not doing \u201cenough to protect aid workers trying to delivery desperately needed help to civilians,\u201d and noted the war has \u201cbeen one of the worst in\u00a0recent memory\u00a0in terms of how many\u00a0aid workers have been killed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli politician and diplomat Danny Danon criticizes Israel for prolonging the Gaza military campaign to appease external influences. 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