Stop Bu****ng Me: What Biden Told Netanyahu After Haniyeh Assassination

Days after the assassination of Hamas political head Ismail Haniyeh, US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “stop bullshitting me” during their conversation on Thursday, said Channel 12 News without citing any official sources.

The comment came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed Biden that Israel was advancing negotiations on a hostages-for-ceasefire deal with Hamas and would soon send a delegation to resume talks. The remarks were made in the context of US cooperation in anticipation of a possible full-scale war with Iran and its proxies.

Responding to the report, the Israel Prime Minister’s Office issued an official statement later on Saturday, stating, “The prime minister does not interfere in American politics and will work with whoever is elected president, just as he also expects the Americans not to interfere in Israeli politics, said Times of Israel.

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At the same time, The Telegraph reported citing a senior official that after Biden’s decision to drop out of the US presidential election race, Benjamin Netanyahu is feeling emboldened to take stringent action against Iran. The official stated that the US President was trying to “restrain” Netanyahu while he was still running for re-election. “He told him not to respond too harshly to Iran’s attacks. And Iran knew this, which is why they exploited the situation to attack Israel,” he said, as quoted by The Telegraph.

As tension rose, in the wake of assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, US has pledged to bolster its military presence in the Middle East, deploying an aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln, additional ballistic missile defense-capable ships, and a new fighter squadron.