The president of the USA Joe Biden, in a statement on Tuesday, stated that he does not think that the prime minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu tries to play political games with the war on the Gaza Strip, adding that “he is trying to find a solution to the serious problem that deals with”.

This particular statement was made at the White House when Joe Biden was asked by a reporter if he believed that Netanyahu “playing political games with war”. “I do not think”, he answered.

The Israeli prime minister is facing fierce criticism from his government partners, who are threatening to they will abandon him if he accepts the draft agreement promoted by Washington. However, Netanyahu’s biggest partner, the ultra-Orthodox Jewish party (Shas), announced that it would support a possible deal to free the Hamas hostages, even if it meant revising its war strategy in the Gaza Strip.

However, with a sharp comment in Time against Netanyahu, Joe Biden responded to criticism of the Israeli prime minister regarding the continuation of the war in Gaza, stating that “people have every reason to believe that Netanyahu is prolonging the war because of politics ».

In particular, in an interview with the magazine, the American president stated that “there is every reason for people to draw that conclusion” while when asked whether Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza, Biden replied that “it is uncertain.”

Also in the same interview, Biden pointed out that an Israel-Saudi normalization deal would be “overwhelmingly in the US interest.”