Netanyahu Discusses Gaza With US National Security Advisor

Jerusalem, 14 December, 2023 (TPS) -- US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan arrived in Israel on Thursday for talks with Israeli leaders about the war in Gaza. The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the two were meeting at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv.

Also participating in the meeting are National Security Adviser and Director of the National Security Council Tzachi Hanegbi and US President Joe Biden’s Special Envoy to the Middle East Brett McGurk.

The visit comes amid reports that Washington is pressuring Israel to shift tactics in the Gaza Strip, from an intensive ground, aerial and naval campaign to targeted attacks on terror leaders.

On Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden said that Israel was losing the world’s support, and that Netanyahu needed to “change” and embrace the two-state solution.

“This is the most conservative government in Israel’s history,” said Biden, adding that the government “doesn’t want a two-state solution.”

“I think he has to change and—with this government, this government in Israel is making it very difficult for him to move,” Biden said, per a White House transcript.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel earlier this month, and American Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to visit next week.