The Israeli leader said he is willing to suffer personal attacks so long as Israel gets weapons from the US
The strife between the White House and Tel Aviv could have been avoided if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listened to his aides who instructed him not to post a video attacking the Biden administration, according to a senior Israeli official.
On Tuesday, Netanyahu published a video on X that slammed the White House for blocking military transfers to Israel. “When Secretary Blinken was recently here in Israel, we had a candid conversation. I said I deeply appreciate the support the US has given Israel from the beginning of the war. But I also said something else.” He continued, “I said it is inconceivable that in the past few months, the administration has been withholding weapons and ammunition to Israel.”
The Biden administration’s response has been a mixture of anger and confusion. The White House suspended one strategic summit between US and Israeli officials about Iran, but business between Washington and Tel Aviv remains largely unchanged. High-level meetings between Israel and US officials are expected in the coming days.
Several US officials have said they are perplexed by Netanyahu’s remarks because US weapons are flowing to Israel at the normal pace, with the exception of one shipment of 2,000-pound bombs that the White House says is under review.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters, “We genuinely do not know what he’s talking about.”
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the video was “disappointing and vexing.” “It’s hard to know what went through him, the video was puzzling to say the least,” he stated.
🔗SOURCE ➡️ Antiwar.com
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This declining support for Israel in the US, especially amongst Biden’s democratic base, is driving factor behind the dynamic which I have simply come to think of as Biden and the Biden administration paying “lip service”, softly rebuking and condemning Netanyahu with rhetoric while continuing to enable and support him materially and funneling more weapons and money to Israel. This will be expanded on in the next article of this series, which will shift focus from Oct 7th, to the genocidal actions and intent since Oct 7th, Israel’s war on the UN, and the geopolitical dynamics and consequences of this “war”.
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