Former President Donald Trump, who is on track to be the Republican Party's nominee for the US presidential election, on Tuesday openly expressed his support for the war waged by Israel on the Gaza Strip, at a time of increasing international pressure on the United States. Slow down her ally.
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When asked on Fox News if he was “in the Israeli camp,” he replied, “Yes.”
When asked if he “approves” of the way the Israeli military is carrying out its attack on Gaza, Donald Trump replied: “You have to end the problem,” without specifying what specifically he meant by “problem.”
This interview was broadcast on Super Tuesday, during which fifteen US states held primaries for the Republican and Democratic parties, and at a time when President Joe Biden, the only candidate with a chance to win the Democratic nomination for the November elections, faces widespread criticism. Criticism for his support of Israel.
While the number of people killed in Gaza has surpassed 30,631 – most of them women and children – according to the Hamas movement's health ministry, and the population is threatened by starvation, the Democratic president is under increasing pressure to act, both internationally and from his Democratic electoral base. .
The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip continues since the attack launched by the Palestinian movement on October 7 on Israeli territory, which left 1,160 people dead, most of them civilians, according to an Agence France-Presse count based on official Israeli data.
In the United States, activist organizations are calling for a penalty at the ballot box for the Biden government's support and funding of Israel, by choosing a blank vote. More than 100,000 people voted without votes last week during the Democratic Party primaries in Michigan.
US President Joe Biden called on Hamas to agree to a ceasefire in Gaza before Ramadan, hoping to advance negotiations to reach a truce in the war with Israel.
