Biden told Netanyahu to ‘stop bullshitting.’ PM’s own security chiefs say he’s ‘given up on hostages’
US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “stop bullshitting me” during their meeting in Washington last week, according to Channel 12 news.
The network says the outburst came after Netanyahu told Biden that Israel was moving forward with negotiations on a hostage-for-ceasefire deal.
The Times of Israel also reports:
According to tonight’s report by Channel 12 news, which first reported on the meeting last night, Halevi said during the heated discussion: “The conditions for the deal are there. I think it is correct to engage in negotiations and bring the best achievement possible. We’ll continue to apply [military] pressure on Hamas until then, and once we’ve brought a deal we can turn our attention to the north.”
Halevi reportedly added, “As regards [control of the] Philadelphi [route along the Gaza-Egypt border], I do not recommend that we turn it into an obstacle or something that prevents us from bringing home from [Gaza] 30 people in the first stage [of the deal], half of them women.”
Gallant reportedly weighed in: “For all the moral and strategic reasons, I think we have to look at the deal as an opportunity. There won’t be a deal with the [four new] conditions you’ve inserted [into the proposal], and you know it.”
Gallant reportedly added: “There is no security reason to delay the deal. Since we’re speaking candidly, I am telling you that you are making considerations that are not beneficial to the matter.” [Continue reading…]