Biden Is Trying to Rein In Israel. Is It Working?

<p>As the cease-fire in Gaza has ended and the fierce fighting there has resumed, the United States has issued sharper warnings to Israel’s leaders that they have a responsibility to avoid civilian casualties.</p><p>Peter Baker, The Times’s chief White House correspondent, discusses the public and private ways in which President Biden is trying to influence Israel’s conduct.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/peter-baker">Peter Baker</a>, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Analysis:<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/us/politics/biden-strategy-israel-gaza.html"> Biden’s strategy faces a test</a> as Israeli forces push into southern Gaza.</li><li>The U.S. is<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-hostages-gaza.html"> pressing Israel and Hamas to resume talks</a>, a White House official said.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>