US president’s remarks to Time magazine about PM’s role in conflict draw heavily critical response from Israeli government

US president’s remarks to Time magazine about PM’s role in conflict draw heavily critical response from Israeli government

Joe Biden has said that there is “every reason” to draw the conclusion that Benjamin Netanyahu is prolonging the war in Gaza for his own political self-preservation.

Biden made the remarks about the Israeli prime minister in an interview with Time magazine published on Tuesday morning, drawing a sharp response from the Israeli government, which accused the US president of straying from diplomatic norms.

Netanyahu’s popularity plummeted after the 7 October attack by Hamas, which exposed serious flaws in Israeli security. Most political observers say Netanyahu would lose elections if they were held now, and would be forced into opposition, facing court hearings on corruption charges. But elections have been put off until the war is over, or at least until major military operations are deemed to have been completed.

Time asked Biden whether he believed Netanyahu was “prolonging the war for his own political self-preservation”.

“I’m not going to comment on that,” the president said in response, but added: “There is every reason for people to draw that conclusion.”

  • kvasir476@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1195·
    2 months ago

    So we’re going to stop supplying Israel with weapons, money, and international cover, right? RIGHT?

    • Mrkawfee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      2 months ago

      No, Congress is going after the ICC for daring to investigate Israeli leaders for War Crimes

      • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        2 months ago

        Good thing Congress can’t do shit about it short of repealing the Leahy Law with a veto proof majority.

        • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          2 months ago

          Now what would be comical (not actually comical) is to see Congress declare war for the first time since world war 2. They can do so without the presidents approval I believe, and can fund it against the presidents wishes. Now… The president can just tell the troops not to go to war though, showing how broken that system is.

          No war, the president can send troops. War, the president can not send troops.
          So the other representatives don’t matter to awfully much when it comes to starting wars. Now ending them on the other hand … Congress holds that with the funding part.