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Biden said to claim ’18 out of 19 people who work for Netanyahu are liars’
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Journalist and author Bob Woodward, whose new book, “War,” has already made headlines, goes further in depicting the breakdown of trust between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden over the past year.
Snippets from the book have already reported that in private Biden referred to Netanyahu as a “fucking liar” and called him a “son of a bitch” and “a bad fucking guy.”
Asked about such comments in conversation with the Washington Post, Woodward says that Biden went further in conversations with his “close aides,” saying that “’18 of the 19 people who work for Netanyahu are liars.’ Total distrust.”
“But here’s the strategic, geostrategic reality,” Woodward adds. “We are allies of Israel, and Biden sticks to that. But Biden’s policy really is pro-Israel.”
The Times of Israel Community.