Biden fears that by supporting Netanyahu he will lose left-wing voters in November

Tensions between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu have only grown in recent weeks after the president of the United States disagreed with his counterpart's strategy in the Gaza Strip. It was later known that Biden had warned Netanyahu about the duration of the conflict with Hamas.

Biden had a recent conversation with Netanyahu, in which he pressured him to scale back the military operation in Gaza, two U.S. officials told Axios. At the same time, he stressed that the United States will not continue to support Israel for another year under the current strategy.

In addition, the sources indicated that the White House fears that the president's support for Israel could alienate his support from younger voters ahead of the November presidential elections. Indeed, they stressed that Biden does not want the war and the number of victims to overshadow the news channels in the coming months.

The last contact between both leaders took place on January 19 on a call that lasted around 40 minutes. The conversation focused on reviewing Israel's timetable for shifting toward low-intensity operations in the Gaza Strip and Israel's war strategy as a whole.

Biden reportedly reminded Netanyahu of his recent comment about the duration of the war, which referred to "many more months." The Democrat stressed the importance of reducing the number of civilian victims as much as possible, and at the same time, he asked Netanyahu to allow a UN mission in northern Gaza to assess conditions for a future return of Palestinian civilians, according to a source with direct knowledge of the conversation who also spoke with Axios.

According to this news source, the last call between both leaders ended sourly, with Biden abruptly hanging up the phone, concluding the call.