Netanyahu says he ignored Biden's war counsel – and threats that Israel would be 'left alone' without US help

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made nary concealed of his feelings toward President Biden aft Donald Trump was elected this month, publically revealing he'd ignored the existent U.S. president's counsel and threats to withhold aid. 

"The U.S. had reservations and suggested that we not participate Gaza," Netanyahu revealed to the Israeli Knesset on Monday. 

The U.S., helium said, besides was hesitant astir Israel’s plans to participate Gaza City, Khan Younis and "strongly opposed introduction into Rafah," threatening to unit Israel to combat without U.S. aid.

"President Biden told maine that if we spell in, we volition beryllium near alone," Netanyahu said. "He besides said that helium would halt shipments of important weapons to us. And truthful helium did. A fewer days later, [U.S. Secretary of State Antony] Blinken appeared and repeated the aforesaid things and I told him – we volition combat with our nails."

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made nary concealed of his feelings aft Donald Trump was re-elected, publically revealing he'd ignored President Biden's counsel and threats to withhold aid. (Getty Images)

The U.S. yet withheld a azygous shipment of 2,000-pound bombs, allowing each different weapons transfers to spell on. 

"I made wide that if they spell into Rafah – they haven’t gotten into Rafah yet – if they spell into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that person been utilized historically to woody with Rafah, to woody with the cities, to woody with that problem," Biden told CNN’s Erin Burnett successful an interrogation astatine the time.

The determination prompted blowback from supporters of Israel successful Congress and Biden yet moved guardant with the shipment.

Netanyahu besides claimed the U.S. wanted Israel not to respond to Iran’s rocket attacks connected Tel Aviv successful October. 

"Again, we were told by our person that determination is nary request to respond. And I said that sitting and not reacting is not acceptable, and we responded."

He confirmed that Israel had struck Iranian atomic facilities successful its counter-attack.

"It’s not a secret, it has been published," Netanyahu said. "There is simply a circumstantial constituent successful their atomic programme that was deed successful this attack."

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Netanyahu emphasized the value of Israel making its ain decisions. 

"We indispensable sphere Israel’s independence. We decided to participate – and we occupied Rafah, the Philadelphi Corridor and the Rafah Crossing."

Netanyahu had instantly congratulated Trump pursuing his triumph successful the Nov. 5 statesmanlike election, deeming it "history's top comeback." 

At the Knesset gathering Monday, Netanyahu said helium would work with Trump connected however to determination guardant connected combating Iran done its proxies, its ballistic missiles and its atomic program. 

Netanyahu instantly congratulated Trump pursuing his triumph successful the Nov. 5 statesmanlike election, deeming it "history's top comeback." (Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO)/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Smoke billows implicit Beirut's confederate suburbs aft an Israeli strike, arsenic seen from Baabda, Lebanon, connected Nov. 14, 2024. (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)

"Our quality to enactment against these 3 threats volition beryllium evaluated successful the adjacent aboriginal unneurotic with the incoming medication successful Washington," helium said.

The Biden medication is moving to secure a cease-fire successful Lebanon in its last months successful power. Amos Hochstein, Biden's envoy to the Middle East, suggested a bid woody was "within our grasp." 

"This is simply a infinitesimal of decision-making. I americium present successful Beirut to facilitate that decision, but it’s yet the determination of the parties to scope a decision to this conflict. It is present wrong our grasp," helium said.

But Netanyahu struck a antithetic code – suggesting his federation would proceed to transportation retired attacks connected Hezbollah adjacent if they had reached a cease-fire "on paper." 

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"The astir important happening is not [the woody that] volition beryllium laid connected paper," Netanyahu said. "Even if determination is simply a insubstantial [setting retired an agreement], worthy though it whitethorn be, we volition beryllium required, successful bid to guarantee our information successful the northbound (of Israel), to systematically transportation retired operations – not lone against Hezbollah’s attacks, which could come. Even if determination is simply a cease-fire, cipher tin warrant it volition hold. So it’s not lone our reaction, a preventive reaction, a absorption successful the aftermath of attack, but besides the capableness to forestall Hezbollah from strengthening."

"We volition not let Hezbollah to instrumentality to the authorities it was successful connected Oct. 6, 2023."