Benjamin Netanyahu
Biden has spoken out against retaliatory attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank in the aftermath of the Hamas attacks against Israel on Oct. 7.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Brian Schatz sent a letter to the State Department on Tuesday, asking the administration to outline ways to use U.S. leverage over the Israeli prime minister.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, rejected Hamas' main demands for a cease-fire deal.
The level of death, destruction and displacement is already without precedent in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
President Biden said Friday that “there are a number of types of two-state solutions."
Rifts are emerging among top Israeli officials over the handling of the war against the Hamas militant group in Gaza.
The U.S. has called on Israel to scale back its offensive and said that the establishment of a Palestinian state should be part of the “day after.”
As Israel increases its aggression towards Lebanon, officials tell HuffPost Biden isn't doing enough to quell tensions and prevent conflict involving the U.S.
Saleh Arouri, one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing, had headed the group’s presence in the West Bank.
The decision threatens to reopen the fissures in Israeli society that preceded the country’s ongoing war against Hamas.