US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that his administration is working around the clock to release the remaining Israeli prisoners in the Gaza Strip, stressing that US support for Tel Aviv is firm and will not change even if there are disagreements.
Disagreements have recently emerged publicly between the US administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against the backdrop of the ongoing war on Gaza, especially the issue of the invasion of Rafah, which Washington has “publicly” repeatedly rejected.
The Israeli media previously reported from an unnamed official that the relationship between Netanyahu and Biden is rapidly heading “towards the point of no return,” and Israeli media also spoke of Washington’s efforts to “overthrow” the Israeli government.
Biden stressed – in his speech in Washington on the anniversary of what is known as the “Jewish Holocaust” – that what he described as “hatred of the Jews” continues to this day, and what happened last October 7 is evidence of that, as he put it.
He added, “The biggest lesson from the Holocaust against the Jews is that hatred does not disappear, but hides.”
He also pointed out that there is a “terrifying rise” of anti-Semitism in the world, America and social networking sites, calling on “all Americans to stand united against anti-Semitism anywhere.”
Field escalation
It is noteworthy that the Israeli occupation army continues its field escalation in Gaza, especially in Rafah, south of the Strip, for the eighth month in a row, despite the announcement by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) yesterday evening, Monday, that it accepted a Qatari-Egyptian proposal regarding the exchange of prisoners and a ceasefire.
Tel Aviv estimates that there are 133 Israeli prisoners in Gaza, while Hamas announced that 71 of them were killed in random raids launched by Israel, which holds about 10,000 Palestinians in its prisons.
The occupation army also continues its aggression against Gaza despite Israel’s appearance before the International Court of Justice on charges of committing genocide.