The White House denied reports that President Biden insulted Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, calling him a “bad f—ing guy.”
Biden is wary of Netanyahu taking advantage of American interests to drag the U.S. into a wider war in the Middle East, and there is growing criticism of Netanyahu among pro-Israel Democratic lawmakers.
Biden has faced criticism for his public support of Netanyahu.
“Like everyone in the administration and any Democrat with a pulse, he’s deeply suspicious of Benjamin Netanyahu, and privately has called the Israeli prime minister a ‘bad f—ing guy,'” columnist Jonathan Martin wrote.
Biden has a “deep-seated fear” of Netanyahu dragging “the U.S. into a wider war in the Middle East, a conflict that would ensure American weapons keep flowing to the region, troops soon follow and, in the maelstrom, international pressure on him to agree to a Gaza cease-fire and his domestic political difficulties both dissipate,” Martin wrote.
It is “hard to overstate how contemptuous even staunchly pro-Israel Democratic lawmakers have become of Netanyahu.”
“This is a disaster politically,” one Democratic Congress member said to Martin.
“The base is really pissed — and it’s not just the leftists. I have never seen such a depth of anguish as I’ve seen over this Gaza issue. Bibi is toxic among many Democratic voters and Biden must distance himself from him — yesterday.”
“You create political challenges for yourself when your public and private messaging aren’t aligned,” former Obama official Tommy Vietor said. “People don’t see Joe Biden chewing out Bibi on the phone.”
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