US President Joe Biden has spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but failed to establish any clear red lines that would trigger consequences like suspending US weapons shipments to Israel if Netanyahu proceeds with a strike on Iran. The White House is keen to avoid escalating regional tensions and potential US involvement in a conflict.
Biden has failed to draw any red lines for Netanyahu that might see US weapons shipments to Israel suspended
However, Biden, seeking to avoid regional conflagration that might draw the United States into a spiraling conflict, has failed to draw any red lines for Netanyahu that might see US weapons shipments to Israel suspended, or other meaningful action taken by the White House to force the Israeli leader to change direction.attack on Israel, it was notable that there was no call with Netanyahu on Biden’s calendar.
The call between the two leaders came just hours after explosive allegations were published relating to their atrophying personal relationship. Veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward,, claims Biden’s irritation with the Israeli PM has boiled over at several points during in the past six months.
Biden himself was asked last Friday whether he worried that Israel’s Prime Minister was attempting to influence the outcome of the US presidential election by engaging in hard-line actions against his Hamas, Hezbollah and Iranian opponents in an effort further to reduce Arab-American support for Kamala Harris’s campaign.
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