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‘Dangerous’: Senior Israeli officials call out Biden for leaning on Netanyahu after Hamas kills six hostages

September 2, 2024 | | Print Article

The vacationer-in-chief’s return to the White House came with harsh words from Israeli officials as no sooner had he stepped off Marine One than he found his foot in his mouth.

Leading from behind, President Joe Biden’s extended beach getaway came to a close Monday with a return to Washington, D.C. AFTER an American hostage was reported among the six murdered by Hamas to subvert a rescue attempt.

Instead of issuing a stern warning to the Islamist Iranian regime backing Hamas or their terrorist leader Yahya Sinwar, the octogenarian turned his tough guy act on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a forceful “No!” when reporters outside the White House asked if he thought the leader of the Jewish state was doing enough.

While Biden also served up the platitude “Hope springs eternal,” as social media users noted the misplaced ire from the president responsible for the rising tensions throughout the world, Israeli officials didn’t mince words when they reacted to the pressure on Netanyahu.

KANN correspondent Amichai Stein posted on X Monday, “Senior Israeli officials on Biden’s words: It is strange that the US President is putting pressure on Prime Minister Netanyahu. The words of the US president are especially dangerous when they are said just days after Hamas executed six Israeli hostages, including an American citizen.”

The outlet further reported that sources around Netanyahu had, according to one translation, said, “It is puzzling that the President of the United States presses the prime minister who agreed to the US proposal as early as May 31 and the US mediation proposal on August 16, and not Sinwar who continues to refuse any deal.”

Of course, the slams from the Israeli officials were nothing compared to the blistering remarks from syndicated radio host Mark Levin who asserted Monday, “Joe Biden should shut his big, damn mouth. He’s killing people.”

“Biden’s big mouth continues to kill hostages. An American was executed by Hamas Nazis, as well as other innocents, and the idiot attacks Netanyahu rather than taking action against Hamas. This is unacceptable,” he continued.

“Biden created this entire situation. He and Harris have blood on their hands and continue to prolong this ongoing terrorist attack on the Israelis,” added Levin. “And believe it or not, Harris is worse. She had surrounded herself with radical Islamists, Iranian special pleaders, Jew-haters, and American haters. And the media are all for it.”

In the latest example of the White House communications team cleaning up after the gaffetastic president, a readout of Biden’s meeting in the Situation Room Monday alongside Vice President Kamala Harris to speak with the U.S. hostage deal negotiation team acknowledged the murder of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and the five other hostages held by Hamas and “reaffirmed the importance of holding Hamas’s leaders accountable.”

Likewise, a photo op from the Situation Room included a message on X that read in part, “Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes,” and did little to temper frustrations.

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