Biden warned Netanyahu that US policy on Israel depends on the protection of civilians in Gaza.
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday that US policy on Israel depends on the protection of civilians in Gaza, in his strongest hint yet of possible conditions on military aid after an Israeli strike killed seven aid workers.
Biden "made clear the need for Israel to announce and implement a series of specific, concrete, and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering, and the safety of aid workers", the White House said in a readout of the call. "I think we're at that point," Chris Coons, a Democratic senator from the president's home state of Delaware, told CNN.
In his strongest statement since the war began, Biden said Tuesday that he was "outraged and heartbroken" by Israel's killing of the seven aid workers, who included a US-Canadian citizen.But Biden's words have not been matched by any concrete steps to limit the billions of dollars in military aid that Washington supplies to its bedrock regional ally.
A former senior aide to Barack Obama -- the president under whom Biden served as vice president -- called for Biden's actions to back his words.
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