President Joe Biden has known Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for half a century.
After Hamas terrorists invaded Israel and butchered its innocent civilians, the president promised the embattled nation, “You are not alone.”
“As long as the United States stands — and we will stand forever — we will not let you ever be alone,” Biden vowed on October 18, 2023.
To quote Oscar Wilde, “A true friend stabs you in the front, not the back.”
A new report from New York Magazine reveals which kind of “friend” Joe Biden is, as he struggles to appease those in his party who want to see Palestine fulfill its genocidal goal of “from the river to sea.”
“In the past month, [Biden] has, through a series of relatively quiet but closely linked and deliberate moves, sought to marginalize Bibi, as Netanyahu is ubiquitously known, internationally and at home,” Jerusalem-based freelance journalist Noga Tarnopolsky writes for the magazine.
The message was unintentionally made clear when, after delivering his hate-fueled State of the Union address — during which he announced the U.S. military would be building a temporary pier to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza — Biden was caught on a hot mic telling Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), “I told him, ‘Bibi,’ — don’t repeat this— ‘you & I are going to have a come to Jesus moment.'”
A presidential aide peeked out from behind Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s shadow to whisper, “Sir, you’re on a hot mic.”
“I’m on a hot mic here,” Biden replied. “Good. That’s good.”
BIDEN: “I told him, Bibi — don’t repeat this — you and I are going to have a come to Jesus meeting.”
HANDLER: Sir, you’re on a hot mic pic.twitter.com/slevQZPDap
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 8, 2024
Tarnopolsky reports, “The ‘come to Jesus moment’ is already here.”
Biden’s White House has, for a long time, been displeased with Netanyahu, according to Itamar Rabinovich, “a former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. and an authority on the relationship between the two countries.”
“[B]ut now,” he said, “in my view, they’re even angrier and they are sharpening the tone.”
“Biden is not coming at him personally,” he explained, “but off-the-record and in closed meetings, the sentiment is clear. They disagree on many things: on Gaza the day after the war; on the Palestinian Authority; on a return to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations; all very significant issues.”
“The defense of Israel is still critical,” President Joe Biden tells Jonathan Capehart. “But there’s red lines that if he crosses…cannot have 30,000 more Palestinians dead.” pic.twitter.com/0SAPJySAYS
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 9, 2024
With the U.S. election fast approaching — and as emboldened pro-Palestinian protestors continue to accuse the president of aiding in the genocide of genocidal Gazans — one Israeli expert “frequently consulted by American officials” says Biden’s administration has taken the disagreements to the next level.
“I have been asked by a serious administration figure what it is that will force the Netanyahu coalition to collapse,” the expert said. “They were interested in the mechanics, what can we demand which will collapse his coalition.”
Writes Tarnopolsky:
In the event the new American position over Netanyahu remained unclear, Vice President Kamala Harris left no doubts in a Friday interview with CBS News, which asked “are the Israelis at risk of losing U.S. aid if this continues?” Harris replied: “I think it’s important for us to distinguish or at least not conflate the Israeli government with the Israeli people.”
In other words: Israelis, we’re with you. Netanyahu, be gone.
“Netanyahu is in a corner of his own making,” said an American source familiar with the administration’s thinking. “He has no room to maneuver. He is screwing us. The politics of this have to completely change, and I think time is running out.”
Israeli attorney Daniel Seideman is an expert on the geopolitics of the Jewish state.
According to him, Biden’s administration is preparing “to put Netanyahu to the test in ways that have not happened before. ‘Are you with us or are you against us? We’re not going to dictate the result. But if you’re against us, there will be consequences.'”
“I don’t for a moment think that Biden will abandon Israel,” Seideman added, “but the Americans are arriving at the conclusion that supporting Netanyahu means being harmful to Israel. There is a distinction between Israel’s interests and Netanyahu’s interests.”
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Melissa Fine is the former executive editor of Casino Player, Strictly Slots, and Poker
Digest magazines. She is a UCLA graduate, news junkie, and dedicated Stargate SG-
1 fan. Melissa currently lives with her dog and two cats in a tiny town in the Sierra
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