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US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a “direct” and “productive” telephone conversation on Wednesday, as discussion “continues” on Israel’s response against Iran, according to US President Donald Trump’s spokesperson. the White House, cited by CNN.
Karine Jean-Pierre indicated that the interview, which included vice-president and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, lasted approximately 30 minutes. “These discussions continue,” she said of Israel’s response to Iran’s attack which launched 200 missiles towards Israeli territory on October 1.
The White House has yet to release an account of the call. The two leaders, whose relationship is complicated, had not spoken for seven weeks and therefore never had a conversation without intermediaries on the intensification of hostilities in Lebanon.
After weakening Hamas in a large-scale military campaign in the Gaza Strip, in retaliation for the unprecedented attack carried out on October 7, 2023 by the Palestinian Islamist movement, Israel moved most of its troops in mid-September. operations against Hezbollah. On Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu called on the Lebanese to “save” their country by freeing it “from Hezbollah”, otherwise threatening Lebanon with the same “destruction and suffering” as in Gaza.
The October 1 attack was presented by Iran, enemy of Israel and the United States, as a response to the assassination of two of its allies: Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, killed in Lebanon by Israel , and the leader of Hamas, Ismaïl Haniyeh, killed in Tehran in an attack attributed to Israel. The American president openly criticized certain decisions taken by the Israeli Prime Minister, but never questioned the delivery of weapons by the United States, Israel’s primary military supporter. Joe Biden has already made it known that he is opposed to Israeli strikes on Iran’s oil infrastructure but, for the past year, he has had a hard time making himself heard by Benjamin Netanyahu.
His predecessor Donald Trump, presidential candidate in November, on the contrary went so far as to suggest last week that Israel strike nuclear facilities. According to his campaign team, the former Republican president spoke with Mr. Netanyahu after the Iranian attack. “World leaders want to talk and meet with President Trump because they know he will soon return to the White House and restore peace to the world,” said his spokesperson Karoline Leavitt.
In a book to be published on October 15, the famous American journalist Bob Woodward reveals that President Biden complained in April to his advisers about the head of the Israeli government, calling him a “liar”, “only interested in his political survival” and without any real strategy. Still privately, Joe Biden reportedly called Benjamin Netanyahu an “asshole” and a “fucking bad guy.”
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