{"id":2241975,"date":"2024-05-10T15:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T19:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-tells-dr-phil-he-hopes-he-and-biden-can-overcome-rafah-differences\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T15:53:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T19:53:18","slug":"netanyahu-tells-dr-phil-he-hopes-he-and-biden-can-overcome-rafah-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-tells-dr-phil-he-hopes-he-and-biden-can-overcome-rafah-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu expresses optimism to Dr. Phil about bridging gaps with Biden on Rafah issue"},"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\">28<\/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-tells-dr-phil-he-hopes-he-and-biden-can-overcome-rafah-differences%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=2241975&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>Prime \u2062Minister Benjamin\u2064 Netanyahu and President Joe Biden are in disagreement over potential Israeli military operations\u200c in Rafah. Netanyahu expressed\u2062 hope for resolving differences with Biden to protect their countries&#8217; interests. President Biden has raised concerns about supplying weapons for Rafah due to potential civilian casualties. Netanyahu remains committed to\u2062 defending \u200bIsrael and \u200cdefeating Hamas in Rafah. Biden has threatened\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-sends-250-million-more-to-ukraine-taking-advantage-of-pentagon-accounting-error\/\" title=\"Biden administration seizes opportunity with Pentagon's accounting error, sends additional 0 million to Ukraine.\">halt military aid<\/a> to Israel.  <\/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>Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> hopes that he and President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> can overcome their difference of opinion over potential Israeli military operations in Rafah.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israeli<\/a> governments have publicly disagreed over these potential military operations due to concerns that they could lead to significant numbers of civilian casualties given more than a million people have fled there during the war.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Benjamin Netanyahu is interviewed by Dr. Phil on his relationship with Joe Biden in the wake of Rafah (Dr Phil)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve known Joe Biden for many years, 40 years or more. We often had our agreements, but we\u2019ve had our disagreements,\u201d Netanyahu <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrPhil\/status\/1788772011432460794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told Dr. Phil\">told Dr. Phil<\/a> in a nearly hourlong interview. \u201cWe\u2019ve been able to overcome them. I hope we can overcome them now, but we will do what we have to do to protect our country, and that means protect our future. That means we will defeat Hamas, including in Rafah. We have no other choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Biden threatened to halt future offensive military aid to Israel, while the administration has already held up a shipment of thousands of large bombs due to concerns about the damage they could cause in a densely populated area like Rafah.<\/p>\n<p>The specific package included 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs, Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon spokesman, confirmed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they go into Rafah, I\u2019m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities \u2014 that deal with that problem,\u201d Biden said in a CNN interview that aired on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>His public threat to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2997498\/israel-will-stand-alone-netanyahu-signals-what-he-thinks-of-bidens-rafah-redline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-ask-biden-to-withhold-military-assistance-to-israel\/\" title=\"House Democrats urge Biden to pause military aid to Israel\">halt offensive military aid<\/a><\/a> came after Israel\u2019s forces ordered people sheltering in parts of Rafah to evacuate and they began limited ground operations.<\/p>\n<p>It also came after weeks of public messaging from the administration strongly stating their opposition to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-warns-of-domestic-threats-linked-to-israel-hamas-war-urges-law-enforcement-to-watch-out-for-lone-actors\/\" title=\"FBI alerts on Israel-Hamas conflict, urges vigilance against 'lone actors'.\">full-scale ground invasion<\/a> without comprehensive planning for the more than 1 million Palestinians that have already fled to Rafah during the war.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military began its military operation in northern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a> and has proceeded south. Rafah, which is along Gaza\u2019s southern border with Egypt, is the last remaining place Israel has yet to conduct operations.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister said they had destroyed roughly 20 of Hamas\u2019s 24 battalions, and the remaining ones are in Rafah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t leave them there,\u201d Netanyahu said of the intact battalions. \u201cWhat they are trying to do is extort [or] blackmail us to leave Gaza. Leave them in place, these battalions, leave their leadership in place, and they go take over Gaza again and do it again. They\u2019ll rape, they\u2019ll kidnap hostages, and they\u2019ll murder again and again and again.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\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>More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began its military operations in response to Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 terrorist attack, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza health ministry, whose tally does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu told Dr. Phil that Israeli forces have killed 14,000 terrorists and roughly 16,000 civilians. Hamas intentionally embeds itself within and underneath civilian populations to use them as human shields.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Netanyahu is optimistic about resolving differences with President Biden regarding potential Israeli military actions in Rafah. 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