Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s brother questions the mental state of US President Joe Biden, who has been a vocal critic of the the government’s judicial overhaul.
Speaking with the Kan public broadcaster, Iddo Netanyahu says he believes senior American officials such as Secretary of State Antony Blinken know the details of the coalition’s plans to weaken the judiciary, but not Biden.
“I do not know what kind of mental state he’s in,” Netanyahu says.
He also claims the Biden administration is using the judicial shakeup as an “excuse” not to invite his brother to the White House.
Netanyahu later seeks to walk back the remarks, saying he “did not express himself successfully.”
“I don’t cast any doubt on President Biden’s [mental] situation or that he’s a great friend of Israel,” he says.
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