Jeremy Bowen: Biden has concluded that threatening Israel verbally is insufficient.

President Joe Biden and his top aides have been becoming impatient with Israel's Gaza war strategy for some weeks now.

To express their disapproval to Israel and the international community, they have become more formal in their terminology.

President Biden has determined that strong words are insufficient, as seen by his decision to support the most recent ceasefire resolution passed by the Security Council.

Removing diplomatic cover from Israel's military actions is a big step.

It demonstrates the extent of the division that has emerged between Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime leader of Israel, and the White House.

In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took aim at Israel's most significant friend in a salvo.

He denounced the US decision not to use its veto, claiming it had damaged efforts to liberate the hostages held by Hamas on October 7 of last year as well as the military effort.

Those comments might be classified as excessive ingratitude by Joe Biden and his closest aides.

Since October 7 of last year, the president—who identifies as a Zionist—has given the Israeli people all the military backing and diplomatic help their state has required, along with emotional support.

In addition to the captives' release, he wants Hamas to be destroyed militarily. But, in Mr. Biden's words, "the right way" is what Israel should do.

President Biden cautioned Israel during the horrific initial weeks of the conflict to avoid being blinded by anger, as America had done following the 9/11 assaults carried out by al-Qaeda.

The US president visited Israel, offered consolation to the families of those killed by Hamas strikes, and even gave Mr. Netanyahu, with whom he has never had a smooth relationship, a hug.

Since October 7, President Biden and his Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, have made six trips to Israel. During these visits, they have urged Israel to adhere to international humanitarian law, which includes the duty to protect civilians.

As the initial American warnings were being prepared at the beginning of the conflict, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured the people of what he called a "mighty vengeance".

Since then, US-supplied weaponry have been used to murder over 30,000 Palestinians, the majority of whom were civilians.

President Biden appears to have had enough of his counsel being disregarded in light of the destruction of Gaza, the impending hunger for Palestinian residents, and the possibility of many more casualties from an Israeli onslaught on Rafah in southern Gaza.

Israel disputes allegations that it prevents humanitarian supplies from reaching the Gazan population and maintains that it always abides by the rules of war.

However, a mountain of evidence has shown that the Israelis are lying, with children in Israel and Egypt starving to death at a short distance from abundant food supplies.

The UN and humanitarian organisations have provided proof that Gaza is on the verge of starvation, which the United States and the rest of the world can witness.

While Israel permits only limited goods to pass via the port of Ashdod, a contemporary container terminal located just thirty minutes' drive north of Gaza, the US military is delivering relief by air and erecting a makeshift dock across the Atlantic to let supplies to reach Gaza by sea.

The Americans' desire to refute claims that they have condoned Israel's behaviour is evident in their choice not to reject the resolution calling for a truce throughout Ramadan.

It happens after the Biden Administration's attempts to resolve the biggest Middle East crisis in decades were sharply rejected by Prime Minister Netanyahu.

The United States is attempting to demonstrate the boundaries of Israel's immunity from international sanctions.

Resolutions passed by the Security Council are typically regarded as having legal effect on a global scale. Both Hamas and the Palestinian envoy to the UN have praised the decision; Israel now needs to determine whether to abide by it.

Extremist Jewish ultranationalists are a vital source of support for Mr. Netanyahu's coalition administration.

They'll beg him to disregard the decision. The US will have to react if he does.

If words alone are insufficient, President Biden's greatest tool is the air bridge that provides Israel with weapons. Dozens of flights by massive cargo aircraft carry the weapons Israel has employed in the conflict into Israel. 

as well as the ones it would require if it carried out its intention to extend the ground conflict to Rafah.

The US-Israel connection is strong—President Harry Truman acknowledged Israel's independence in 1948, just 11 minutes after it was proclaimed—but occasionally it falters.

When Israel goes against the directives of US presidents and undermines what they perceive to be US interests, crises ensue.

Benjamin Netanyahu has enraged the folks in the White House on previous occasions.

Since taking office as prime minister of Israel in 1996, he has consistently done so.

However, he has never defied the US for as long or as bitterly, and no crisis in the lengthy US-Israel alliance has been as serious as the one that has arisen during the course of the Gaza conflict, which has lasted for over six months.