Biden confronts the limits of his influence over Israel
Biden deemed Israel’s response “over the top” and did stop one shipment of American arms to Israel. But even as pressure grew from fellow Democrats to create distance from Netanyahu, Biden’s reflexive instinct was to support Israel despite the swelling humanitarian crisis. As his influence over Netanyahu shrunk, the president’s anger grew. Phone calls between the two men were increasingly turned into shouting matches, according to one of the officials and one other senior official not authorized to discuss private conversations.** Biden told confidants that he did not believe his Israeli counterpart wanted a cease-fire deal, arguing that Netanyahu was trying to perpetuate the conflict to save his political future and assist Trump in November’s election, the officials said.**
So the leader of the most powerful country in the world is simply going to sit around and let a rogue terrorist country do whatever the fuck it wants and commit genocide day in and out, and his response not listening is just ok? No wonder American influence is totally weaning in the world and there is absolutely no reason for any country to take America seriously lol. Can’t even get a shitty pig like Netanyahu to behave.