President Biden and other senior U.S. officials are becoming increasingly frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rejection of most of the administration's recent requests related to the war in Gaza, four U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the issue told Axios.
Why it matters: Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack 100 days ago, Biden has given Israel his full backing, with unprecedented military and diplomatic support, even while taking a political hit from part of his base in an election year. That support has largely continued publicly, but behind the scenes, there are growing signs that Biden is losing his patience, the U.S. officials said.
- "The situation sucks and we are stuck. The president's patience is running out," one U.S. official told Axios.
- "At every juncture, Netanyahu has given Biden the finger," Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who has been in close contact with U.S. officials about the war, told Axios. "They are pleading with the Netanyahu coalition, but getting slapped in the face over and over again."
Behind the scenes: Biden hasn't spoken to Netanyahu in the 20 days since a tense Dec. 23 call, which a frustrated Biden ended with the words: "This conversation is over." They had spoken almost every other day in the first two months of the war.
- Before Biden hung up, Netanyahu had rejected his request that Israel release the Palestinian tax revenues it's withholding.
- National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tried to downplay the decrease in communication, telling reporters on Wednesday that "it doesn't say anything" about the state of the relationship.
- But more and more signs of irritation are emerging. "There is immense frustration," a U.S. official said.
I vote for no one needlessly dying anywhere.
If Trump wins a lot of people will die, just like last time.
More people have died, lost their homes, lost their cars, lost wages, a lot more loss in general under Biden. If you dont want trump then you better start pushing for party to primary Biden
Unemployment when Trump left office - 6.3%
Unemployment today- 3.7%
Seems to me like more people with jobs means less people losing those things under Biden.
Their feelings are more valid than your facts... I couldn't believe I was hearing such non sense from senior Republicans but they were right about their base.
Unemployment level is meaningless if there's no livable wage. Taking 1 full time job and creating 2 part-time is not job growth, and that's exactly what's been happening. How many of those shitty no benefit jobs are being held by one person?
You tell me. You're clearly the expert here.
Its also at a record high
You didn't tell me.
The banks and the rich are squeezing every dime they can out of American working class, but the probable GOP nominee is the absolute wrong way to curb it.
Remember for example when he stole medical supplies and gave them to his criminal friends, who could then resell them for a higher price? During a pandemic..
Medical supplies are your red line, not genocide?
the unemployment statistic only counts people who file for unemployment, and in 2020, a lot of us were able to pull $1200 a week with no look-for-work requirement.
i don't think this is a fair comparison.
Do you have numbers showing that the levels of unemployed people not filing was dramatically different? If not, then this is meaninhless fud.
> If not, then this is meaninhless fud.
wrong. it's only meaningless "fud" if we do have the numbers and they don't support what i'm saying.
No, that's not how it works. If you're making some unsubstantiated claim, can't back it up, spreading negativity, then it's meaningless, anecdotal fud.
If you do have something to back it up, then it's not.
anecdotes aren't meaningless or fud
They aren't useful at all for making claims about large trends.
You were making claims about the full market. Stats or it didn't happen
you can see the u3 trends
huh. would you look at that?
i wonder what happened in march of 2020 to cause this!
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/761/663/868/357/809/original/390e1def2c785d9e.png
That doesn't show what I asked about or what you said.
oh my bad
I'd ask you for a source on this nonsense but then who are we kidding right?
Not that it matters, liberals will deny facts in the face of evidence when the blue fascists do it
Homelessness at record level
Car repos up
People dont have money
Elderly are becoming the fastest growing segment of the unhoused
Food bank usage at record highs
Biden's approach to dealing with COVID (mirrored after DeSantis' version) has led to more needless death. And this isnt even counting the 10s of thousands of Palestinian deaths he's allowing to happen.
racist?
Ridiculous, pure fantasy. It's too late to hold a primary. Biden beat Trump once and can do it again.
That's pure fantasy.
He will and you'll cry about it.
Lol, and who do you suggest we primary against Biden? I'll wait.
As if the voters have any say in who their party nominates or appoints
Way to not answer the question. Typical, though, complain but provide absolutely no alternatives or solutions.
My solution is quit supporting the systems that's holding back progress for the working class. But liberals create an environment where both they and the systems of oppression are obstacles to progress.
Sure, I would too if it where in the table as an option. But alas, it seems it is not. I would venture a guess to say that the Biden administration would also take that option if it where available... But it seems to be a quagmire of unreasonable actors.