Gaza war: US-Israel relationship is in period of transition as Biden says Israel is losing support

By Dafydd Townley, Teaching Fellow in International Security, University of Portsmouth

With US president Joe Biden under increasing pressure to alter his policy towards Israel, it is significant that he has said publicly that Israel is starting to lose international support for its offensive over “indiscriminate” bombing of Gaza.

His comments were made at a fundraising event on December 12, and may well be part of attempts by the US to put more pressure on Israel to rein in its intensive bombing campaign and to do more to avoid deaths of civilians. Biden did add that there was “no question…

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