Biden: Israel will lose global support if it maintains its ‘incredibly conservative government’

Israel’s government is going to lose international support if it maintains its “incredibly conservative government,” US President Joe Biden told NBC’s Seth Meyers in an interview last night.

Appearing on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” Biden discussed the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and the ongoing attempts to secure a temporary ceasefire and hostage release deal by international mediators.

Biden, who stressed that he is a Zionist, said the “only way Israel ultimately survives… here’s the deal, they also have to make up, take advantage of an opportunity to have peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians who are being used as pawns by Hamas.”

He added: “I think that if we get that temporary ceasefire, we’re going to be able to move in a direction where we can change the dynamic — and not have a two-state solution immediately but a process to get to a two-state solution, a process to guarantee Israel’s security and the independence of the Palestinians.”

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He also briefly reiterated his disagreements with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his right-wing government.

“Israel has had the overwhelming support of the vast majority of nations. If it keeps this up with this incredibly conservative government they have, and [National Security Minister Itamar] Ben Gvir and others… they’re going to lose support from around the world, and that is not in Israel’s interest,” he says.