Biden grapples to find right path on Gaza amid voter discontent

News media shift tone toward cease-fire, negotiated Hamas exit

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Polls show a majority of young voters opposes U.S. President Joe Biden's stance on Israel. © Reuters

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia diplomatic correspondent

WASHINGTON -- Despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's assertion that Israel's war with Hamas is also America's war, the public debate in the U.S. is shifting, with calls growing for a cease-fire and other alternatives to broad military operations in Gaza. 

"We think this is not only our war but in many ways your war because you are leading the forces of civilization in the world," Netanyahu told visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Tel Aviv on Monday. 

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