Alexei Pushkov, Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy and Interaction with the Media, says that the vast majority of Americans are in favor of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Her telegram channel He noted that the White House did not listen to the population that could vote against US President Joe Biden in the 2024 elections.
“Given the dynamics of emotion in the United States in the pre-election period, the Biden administration may fall victim to its policy towards Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, which has increasingly come into conflict with the emotions of different and very broad groups of Americans. wrote Pushkov.
He added that according to MSNBC’s latest poll, 66 percent of Americans (two-thirds of the country’s population) are in favor of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Pushkov emphasized that the administration is against cessation of hostilities even in such cases.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the beginning of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. Against this background, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country was at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords”; One of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli air forces launched strikes against hundreds of militant targets in the Gaza Strip, and the country’s National Security Council decided to cut off supplies of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the region. Israel announced to the UN on October 13 that 1.1 million Palestinians would be evacuated to southern Gaza ahead of the ground operation.
Previously Iran baptized The war of good against evil in the Middle East.