Sen. Chris Coons said he hopes Netanyahu is thinking about his legacy after the Israeli prime minister vowed to move forward with plans to eradicate Hamas despite President Biden's threat to withhold weapons from Israel. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images, File)
"[Netanyahu’s] legacy could instead be achieving regional security and peace for Israel," the senator said.
Netanyahu has vowed to follow through with the eradication of Hamas – even if it loses Israel its allies.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to follow through with the eradication of Hamas. (Reuters/Ronen Zvulun/Pool/File)
"I have told our American friends: If necessary, we will fight with our fingernails," Netanyahu said Sunday, addressing those who will carry torches on Israel's 76th Independence Day. "We have much more than fingernails."
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Coons said that while the U.S. will continue to provide defensive systems to Israel, the U.S. will be watching Netanyahu’s next steps.
"I think we'll be looking closely at the path forward that Prime Minister Netanyahu chooses in the days ahead, whether he will use American supplied munitions to bomb and invade and attack Rafah, and the million civilians who are there in order to get at the Hamas fighters who are buried in tunnels deep beneath Rafah," Coons said. "Or whether he will move ahead with allowing those civilians to be relocated in accordance with a plan developed with the United States."
Coons said the latter plan isn’t "fully acceptable" to the U.S. yet, or his preferred outcome, as officials work to prepare a deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia that will allow a cease-fire, hostage release and resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, and long-term security for Israel against Iran.
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