Source: Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- United States With the presidential election and congressional re-election in November imminent, Democratic Senator Chris · Murphy said in an interview with United States media that "it is not difficult to understand" that some of the practices of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin · Netanyahu are "related to the United States election."
Murphy, an ally of United States President Joseph · Biden, referred to "some practices" including Netanyahu sitting back and watching ceasefire talks in the Palestinian Gaza Strip stall.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bangs his fists on the rostrum table as he speaks at the general debate of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly on September 27 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Rui
On the 4th, Biden unexpectedly appeared at the White House press conference to talk about Netanyahu and the situation in the Middle East. "No administration has helped Israel more than I have," Biden said. No, no, no, I think Bibi (Netanyahu's nickname) should remember that...... As for whether he is trying to influence the elections in the United States, I don't know, and I don't have any ideas. ”
According to the Associated Press, Biden and Netanyahu have maintained a "complicated relationship" for a long time, and the new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict involves political considerations on both sides, leaving less and less room for the two to operate. In contrast, Netanyahu has "much better" relations with former President Donald ·, the Republican presidential candidate of United States.
This photograph released on September 30 shows Israeli forces on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and Lebanon. Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of Israel Defense Forces)
For Netanyahu, if he agrees to a ceasefire now, he will lose the support of far-right parties in the country and step down, and he will have to deal with some previously unresolved lawsuits. In addition, the Israeli army's "targeted killings" operation has severely damaged the Lebanon Allah leadership, and Netanyahu does not want to stop there.
For its part, the Biden administration, while constantly stating its firm support for Israel, also hopes to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip to bridge the divide within the Democratic Party and provide support to Democratic presidential candidates, Vice President Kamala · Harris.
This is the ruins after an airstrike photographed in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on October 3. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Bilal · Javisi)
In recent months, the United States has repeatedly hinted that a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip is close to being reached, but nothing has followed. At the same time, the situation in the Middle East has continued to escalate recently. While advancing its military operations in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army attacked targets such as ports and power stations controlled by the Houthis in Yemen on September 29, announced ground strikes on Allah targets in southern Lebanon on October 1, and airstrikes on Syria on October 2. In response to Israel's recent series of actions, Iran launched a large-scale ballistic missile at Israel on the evening of the 1st. Israel has vowed revenge.
Affected by the outside world's concern about Israel's possible attack on Iran's oil facilities, international oil prices rose sharply on the 3rd. The Associated Press reported that as Election Day approaches, a sustained rise in oil prices will weigh on Harris's election.
On 1 October, a projectile intercepted by Israeli air defense systems flew over Jerusalem. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Junqing
Biden said on the 4th that Israel has not yet decided what kind of retaliatory measures to take, "still under discussion." However, in his view, Israel should not attack Iran's oil fields. Biden said he had not spoken to Netanyahu since Iran fired ballistic missiles into Israel, but the teams "kept in touch."
On the same day, Trump claimed at a campaign event in North Carolina, United States, that Israel should target Iran's nuclear sites. (Source: Xinhua News Agency Chen Lixi)