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In call with Jewish leaders, Biden suggests Israel needs ‘more progressive’ leadership
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US President Joe Biden speaks to the media in the White House press room, Oct. 4, 2024, in Washington. (AP/Susan Walsh)
US President Joe Biden appears to lament the hardline nature of Israel’s current government during a High Holidays call with American Jewish rabbis.
Biden reiterates his identification as a Zionist and his belief that Jews around the world would be less safe without a State of Israel.
“That doesn’t mean that Jewish leadership doesn’t have to be more progressive than it is, but it does mean it has to exist, and that’s what worries me most about what’s going on now,” Biden says, apparently referring to the leadership in Israel.
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