{"id":2210374,"date":"2024-04-01T06:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T10:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-vs-biden-how-the-presidents-handled-quarreling-with-netanyahu\/"},"modified":"2024-04-01T06:31:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T10:31:27","slug":"obama-vs-biden-how-the-presidents-handled-quarreling-with-netanyahu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-vs-biden-how-the-presidents-handled-quarreling-with-netanyahu\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama vs. Biden: Approaches to Managing Disagreements with Netanyahu"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobama-vs-biden-how-the-presidents-handled-quarreling-with-netanyahu%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2210374&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary of\u2064 the content is about\u2062 the \u200ccontrasting approaches of Presidents Joe\u2062 Biden and Barack Obama in handling \u2063Middle \u2064East \u2062crises, particularly the Israel-Hamas conflict. It highlights differences in their relationships with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and how they addressed issues like\u2063 civilian casualties and peace agreements. Biden&#8217;s longstanding support for \u2063Israel is emphasized,\u200c reflecting on his approach to \u2064the current situation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> grapples with how to approach America\u2019s relationship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">Israel<\/a> amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel-Hamas\">Israel-Hamas<\/a> war, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">Barack Obama<\/a> dealt with another crisis in the Middle East in a much different way than Biden has. <\/p>\n<p>When Biden was Obama\u2019s vice president, Obama had a much different relationship with Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Benjamin Netanyahu\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> than Biden, which may explain how the two presidents have handled the Israeli-Palestinian crisis in different ways. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Obama\u2019s cautious approach <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In 2014, Obama dealt with an intense Israeli-Palestinian fight. In 2014, Israel launched a military operation into Gaza after Hamas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/2014-08-21\/ty-article\/hamas-admits-kidnap-murder-of-3-teens\/0000017f-e6ef-df5f-a17f-ffff07e30000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>kidnapped<\/a> and tortured three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank. What resulted was a battle between Palestinian rockets and Israeli airstrikes that lasted a month and a half, the deadliest fighting the two sides had in decades. <\/p>\n<p>The Obama administration defended Israel\u2019s right to carry airstrikes to counter Hamas\u2019s rockets. Officials were, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/07\/10\/world\/middleeast\/obama-administration-defends-israeli-airstrikes-but-cautions-against-ground-war.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>cautious<\/a> in the very early days of the conflict about escalating the fighting. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo country should be expected to stand by while rocket attacks from a terrorist organization are launching into their country,\u201d Jen Psaki, the State Department\u2019s spokeswoman at the time, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, in the secretary\u2019s conversation, in the conversations of all of our senior administration officials, they\u2019ve been encouraging all sides to deescalate the situation, and certainly, we don\u2019t want to see any civilian casualties,\u201d Psaki said. <\/p>\n<p>Early on in the conflict, Obama warned Netanyahu about civilian casualties related to the war, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-28382100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>saying<\/a> he was \u201cdeeply concerned.\u201d At the time, the death toll included 300 Palestinians. <\/p>\n<p>Obama and Netanyahu\u2019s relationship may have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/2024\/3\/8\/24093748\/biden-israel-democrats-state-of-the-union-gaza-port\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>strained<\/a>, however, from the beginning of Obama\u2019s presidency. In 2009, Obama urged Netanyahu to freeze housing construction on the West Bank in hopes of a peace agreement. Biden was sent to Israel in an attempt to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhenever things were getting out of hand with Israel, Biden was the bridge,\u201d Dennis Ross, a Middle East adviser during Obama\u2019s first term, said. \u201cHis commitment to Israel was that strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/10\/world\/middleeast\/10biden.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>visited<\/a> Israel as vice president in 2010, Netanyahu announced 1,600 new housing units for Jews in East Jerusalem. <\/p>\n<p>Biden said the move \u201cruns counter to the constructive discussions that I\u2019ve had here in Israel\u201d as he visited the Jewish state to confirm the Obama administration\u2019s \u201cabsolute, total, unvarnished commitment to Israel\u2019s security.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>According to <em>Vox,<\/em> the Obama-Netanyahu relationship became further strained as conservative Netanyahu believed Republican leadership would better suit the relationship between the United States and Israel.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Biden\u2019s decadeslong hug<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In 2014, Biden at the time spoke privately with Obama administration officials about his decadeslong belief that the best way to have a relationship with Israel was to \u201chug them very close.\u201d The Obama administration rejected that view, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/biden-obama-divide-closely-support-israel-rcna127107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>NBC News<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Biden believed that mindset was what made it hard for Obama to influence Israel on the Gaza invasion. <\/p>\n<p>When Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, marking the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust, Biden and many politicians stood on Israel\u2019s side. In the early days of the Israel-Hamas war, Biden became the first sitting president to visit Israel during wartime. <\/p>\n<p>There, he hugged Netanyahu and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/i-am-zionist-how-joe-bidens-lifelong-bond-with-israel-shapes-war-policy-2023-10-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>, \u201cI don\u2019t believe you have to be a Jew to be a Zionist, and I am a Zionist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his 36 years as a senator, Biden was one of the most outspoken allies of Israel in American politics. According to Open Secrets, he took in the most donations, compared to other senators, from pro-Israeli groups at $4.2 million. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden\u2019s connection to Israel is deeply ingrained in his political DNA,\u201d said Aaron David Miller, a former Middle East negotiator. Biden credits his views on Israel to his father, whom he said had no doubt following the Holocaust and World War II that Jews needed Israel. <\/p>\n<p>Since the recent war, however, Biden has faced intense <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4495478-biden-faces-tough-choices-after-michigan-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>backlash<\/a> from Democrats who are asking for a permanent ceasefire from the growing toll of Palestinian civilian deaths. More than 100,000 <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4495478-biden-faces-tough-choices-after-michigan-backlash\/(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michiganders<\/a> voted \u201cuncommitted\u201d instead of backing Biden in the state\u2019s primary. <\/p>\n<p>During his State of the Union address, Biden touched on ceasefire agreements. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the leadership of Israel, I say this: Humanitarian assistance cannot be a secondary consideration or a bargaining chip,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6898685\/biden-israel-pressure-gaza-aid-pier-in-state-of-the-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. \u201cProtecting and saving innocent lives has to be a priority.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Biden and Netanyahu had a tough phone call on pressure domestically and abroad on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the National Security Council told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/08\/politics\/joe-biden-benjamin-netanyahu-relationship\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CNN<\/a> that the pair continue to have a \u201cgood and productive relationship that goes back decades,\u201d which \u201callows President Biden to be honest and direct when needed.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As President Joe Biden navigates America&#8217;s ties with Israel during the Israel-Hamas conflict, his approach differs from former President Barack Obama&#8217;s handling of Middle East crises. 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