President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, days after praising Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s speech calling for Israel to have a „new election“ to oust the PM leading the Jewish State’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Well, this is awkward.
President Biden spoke Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time in more than a month — and three days after praising Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s incendiary speech calling for the Jewish state to hold a “new election” and oust Netanyahu following the war against Hamas.
The White House press office said the two discussed ongoing humanitarian efforts in the Gaza Strip as well the Israeli offensive in the city of Rafah, on the southwestern edge of the Palestinian enclave near the Egyptian border.
Full readouts from both sides were expected later Monday.
Last week, Biden said in a MSNBC interview that Israeli forces entering Rafah would constitute a “red line,” before backtracking to say there was “no red line [at which] I’m going to cut off all weapons so they don’t have the Iron Dome to protect them.
