US President Joe Biden receiving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, July 25, 2024. (Credit: Jim Watson/AFP)
“Stop bullshitting me!” U.S. President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone on Thursday, Haaretz quoted a U.S. official as saying.Indeed, Biden has every reason to feel fooled. With a few months before the end of his term in office, instead of moving closer to the signing of a Gaza cease-fire agreement, tension climaxed since Oct. 7 in the region.Following the assassination of Hezbollah high-ranking commander Fouad Shukur in Beirut’s southern suburbs, and of Hamas political bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, the “Axis of Resistance” is crying out for revenge, allowing some ambiguity on its retaliation. This could tip the Middle East into a regional war, spoil Biden’s record, and even sweep away the diplomatic victory recently achieved through a major prisoner swap with Russia. Read also Risk of regional...
“Stop bullshitting me!” U.S. President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone on Thursday, Haaretz quoted a U.S. official as saying.Indeed, Biden has every reason to feel fooled. With a few months before the end of his term in office, instead of moving closer to the signing of a Gaza cease-fire agreement, tension climaxed since Oct. 7 in the region.Following the assassination of Hezbollah high-ranking commander Fouad Shukur in Beirut’s southern suburbs, and of Hamas political bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, the “Axis of Resistance” is crying out for revenge, allowing some ambiguity on its retaliation. This could tip the Middle East into a regional war, spoil Biden’s record, and even sweep away the diplomatic victory recently achieved through a major prisoner swap with Russia. Read also Risk...