According to reports from multiple media outlets, the Biden White House has canceled a meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israeli Prime Minister criticized the lack of U.S. military aid in a video.
Bibi claims the U.S. is withholding military aid; “The Americans are fuming. Bibi’s video made a lot of damage,” a senior Israeli official told Axios.
Watch the video below:
Give us the tools and we'll finish the job. pic.twitter.com/eQHpyd9q0X
— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) June 18, 2024
From The New York Post:
Hours after the explosive video was published, US envoy Amos Hochstein personally delivered a message telling Netanyahu his accusations were incorrect and out of line.
Soon after, the White House canceled a Thursday meeting on Iran, two US and Israeli sources told Axios.
“This decision makes it clear that there are consequences for pulling such stunts,” one of the U.S. officials said.
In his video, speaking in English, Netanyahu declared that it was “inconceivable that in the past few months, the administration has been withholding weapons and ammunition to Israel.”
Meanwhile, the White House publicly expressed confusion over Netanyahu’s comments, with Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre saying only one weapons shipment had been paused since the start of the war.
“We genuinely do not know what he is talking about,” she noted.
“Has the administration been withholding weapons and ammunitions [from Israel] for months [as Netanyahu is claiming]?
KJP: “We genuinely do not know what he’s talking about. We just don’t…” pic.twitter.com/5yOSUYS9Z9
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