I don’t know if Netanyahu is trying to sway US election

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I don’t know if Netanyahu is trying to sway US election

President Joe Biden has said he does not know whether *******’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding off on agreeing a Gaza ceasefire deal in order to influence next month’s US election.

In his first appearance at a White House press briefing of his presidency, Biden told reporters: “Whether he’s trying to influence the election, I don’t know but I’m not counting on that.”

He then directed a terse comment at his longtime ally: “No administration has helped ******* more than I have. None, none, none,” he said. “And I think [Netanyahu] should remember that.”

Some Democrats have voiced concern that Netanyahu is ignoring the US president’s calls to negotiate a ceasefire and ******** release deal in order to harm the party’s chances in November.

Earlier this week, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy told CNN: “I don’t think you have to be a hopeless cynic to read some of *******’s actions, some of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s actions, as connected to the ********* election.”

Polls suggest the escalating ********* in the Middle East and the ******** to secure a diplomatic agreement is hurting Biden and his replacement as the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris. The president’s approval rating among *****-Americans has plummeted over the past year amid the devastation in Gaza, something that could prove damaging to the party’s chances in November.

Biden has been pushing for a diplomatic agreement between ******* and ****** for months, and has indicated several times that one is close. A deal before the election would be a major boost for the president and the Democratic Party but appears increasingly unlikely.

While the Biden administration has criticised ****** for failing to reach an agreement, the president has also expressed increasing public frustration with Netanyahu, who he recently said was not doing enough to strike a deal.

Some US officials have reportedly assessed that Netanyahu does not believe a diplomatic agreement would be in his political interest, as members of his coalition would oppose it.

“****** is not there with a deal. There’s not a deal in the making, unfortunately,” the ******** prime minister said earlier this month just hours after a US official said it was 90% complete.

The increasingly fractious relationship between Biden and Netanyahu, who have known one another for decades, contrasts with the friendly relationship the ******** leader had with former president Donald Trump, the current *********** nominee.

*******, meanwhile, has continued strikes on Gaza and pushed ahead with a ground invasion in southern Lebanon. It has also vowed to respond to an Iranian ballistic missile ******* this week.

At his appearance at Friday’s press briefing, which came as a shock to the reporters in the room, Biden responded to concern that ******* could strike Iranian oil fields in retaliation.

“The Israelis have not concluded what they are going to do in terms of a strike,” he said. “If I were in their shoes, I’d be thinking about other alternatives than striking oil fields.”

Biden caused oil prices to rise on Thursday when he said the US was discussing with ******* the possibility of strikes on Iran’s oil infrastructure.

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