on Saturday that Netanyahu’s wartime policies in Gaza were “hurting Israel more than helping Israel,” claiming the support of “an overwhelming majority of Israelis.
The Israeli prime minister’s response comes only three days after Biden was caught on a hot mic after the State of the Union speaking to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and seemingly criticizing Netanyahu: “I told him, Bibi, and don’t repeat this, but you and I are going to have a ‘come to Jesus’ meeting.”
Speaking to MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart after the hot mic incident, Biden said that Netanyahu “has a right to defend Israel, a right to pursue Hamas—but he must, he must, he must pay more attention to the innocent lives lost as a consequence of the actions taken,” adding that “he’s hurting Israel more than helping Israel.”of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority after the end of the war. The Palestinian government hasn’t controlled the territory since 2007, when Hamas seized control.