{"id":2309498,"date":"2024-07-26T12:38:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T16:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2309498"},"modified":"2024-07-26T12:42:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T16:42:01","slug":"watch-netanyahu-thanks-biden-for-public-service-in-bizarre-moment-before-meeting-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-netanyahu-thanks-biden-for-public-service-in-bizarre-moment-before-meeting-with-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Netanyahu Thanks Biden for &#8216;Public Service&#8217; in Bizarre Moment Before Meeting with Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fwatch-netanyahu-thanks-biden-for-public-service-in-bizarre-moment-before-meeting-with-trump%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=2309498&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>On a recent Thursday, a meeting at the White House\u2063 between \u2064President Joe Biden and Israeli \u200cPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu \u2064took on significant complexities amid their historically strained relationship. \u200bThe \u200dmeeting was set against the backdrop of Netanyahu&#8217;s\u200d imminent discussions\u2062 with\u2064 former President Donald Trump, whom many view as a more favorable \u200dally than Biden.\u2062 During a publicly orchestrated appearance, Netanyahu expressed gratitude to Biden for\u200c his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boris-johnson-warns-biden-dont-lose-gains-made-in-afghanistan\/\" title=\"Boris Johnson Warns Biden: Don\u2019t Lose Gains Made in Afghanistan\">long-standing support<\/a> of Israel, emphasizing their long relationship. Despite the\u200b cordial public interaction, there exists an underlying tension, as Netanyahu&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-imposes-rare-punishment-on-israeli-settler-violence-against-palestinians\/\" title=\"US penalizes Israeli settler violence against Palestinians\">government faces challenges<\/a> in Israel while\u200c attempting to secure U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-data-proves-it-floridas-covid-response-was-superior-to-new-york-and-california\/\" title=\"The Data Proves It: Florida\u2019s COVID Response Was Superior To New York And California\">support amid<\/a> a politically charged environment.<\/p>\n<p>The dynamic is complicated by Trump&#8217;s prior accomplishments in\u200c strengthening U.S.\u2013Israel relations,\u200c including the Abraham Accords and the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel&#8217;s\u200b capital.\u2064 In\u200b contrast, Biden&#8217;s administration has \u2064struggled to balance support for Israel with appeasing parts of the Democratic Party \u2064critical of\u200d Israel\u2019s policies. \u2064As Netanyahu walks the diplomatic tightrope, the prelude to his \u2062meeting\u200d with Trump highlights the bizarre yet strategic nature of\u2062 international diplomacy, sitting between public gratitude and\u200c political realities \u2063that could impact Israel&#8217;s stability.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>On the surface, Thursday&rsquo;s meeting between heads of state in the White House was the usual ceremonial pleasantries.<\/p>\n<p>In the context of recent strained relations between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, things were more complex.<\/p>\n<p>And with Netanyahu&rsquo;s scheduled meeting with former President Donald Trump hovering in the background, they were downright bizarre.<\/p>\n<p>In an obviously orchestrated meeting for the media, before their private huddle, Netanyahu kicked things off by thanking Biden for his backing of the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: Pres. Biden welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Oval Office for a bilateral meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to thank you for 50 years of public service and 50 years of support for the state of Israel,&rdquo; Netanyahu told Biden. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bLw8hsMyhA\">https:\/\/t.co\/bLw8hsMyhA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YsZNP5DmCh\">pic.twitter.com\/YsZNP5DmCh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1816526985444610520?\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mr. President, we&rsquo;ve known each other for 40 years,&rdquo; Netanyahu said. &ldquo;And you&rsquo;ve known every Israeli prime minister for 50 years, from Golda Meir. So from a proud Jewish Zionist to a proud Irish-American Zionist, I want to thank you for 50 years of public service and 50 years of support for the State of Israel.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Given the tightrope Netanyahu is walking on his visit to the U.S. while his country is at war at home, the words were understandable.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what party wins in November, Israel is going to need the support of the U.S., so the prime minister attempting to placate the president with buttery words &mdash; at least in public &mdash; is definitely in his country&rsquo;s interests.<\/p>\n<p>The bizarre aspect is that Netanyahu has a much-publicized meeting on Friday with Trump &mdash; the Republican nominee for president and the man who drove Biden out of public life by striking fear into the hearts of Democrats that they would be defeated in November with Biden as their candidate.<\/p>\n<p>There is also no question that Trump is an American president much more to Netanyahu&rsquo;s liking than Biden is, or ever could be.<\/p>\n<p>As Netanyahu pointed out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/were-protecting-you-full-text-of-netanyahus-address-to-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in his speech<\/a> to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, Trump had brokered the Abraham Accords, the biggest step toward peace in the Middle East since the Camp David Accords in 1978.<\/p>\n<p>His administration recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moved the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jerusalem-mayor-thanks-trump-installs-us-embassy-signs-in-jerusalem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Embassy there<\/a> in 2018. And even if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-taking-shots-netanyahu-45-tells-palestinian-leader-everything-will-good-meeting-bibi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump has played up<\/a> his openness to talking to Palestinians &mdash; a prerequisite for any role as broker in the region &mdash; both Netanyahu and Biden know that a substantial element of the Democratic Party despises Israel and supports the murderous terrorists that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-approval-rating-democrats-takes-double-digit-hit-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threaten its existence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Those terrorists are proxies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Biden has spent his presidential tenure appeasing the Tehran mullahs.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, on the other hand, spent his administration successfully containing Iran with sanctions, nearly bankrupting the country, and wiping out one of its terrorist masterminds when the U.S. military <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-poll-many-us-support-trump-decision-kill-iran-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under Trump&rsquo;s leadership<\/a> killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Gen. Qassem Soleimani in January 2020 in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Biden administration, the president has been trying to cater to the anti-Semites in his party by vilifying Israel and Netanyahu personally as an obstacle to peace and failing to use U.S. power in the United Nations to protect Israel from resolutions that <a href=\"https:\/\/press.un.org\/en\/2024\/sc15641.doc.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clearly favor Hamas terrorists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s the real context of Thursday&rsquo;s White House meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Biden might personally support Israel, just as he might &ldquo;personally&rdquo; oppose abortion while his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-weaponizing-justice-department-force-states-abortion-compliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">administration establishes<\/a> the most radical pro-abortion record in history, and the results are the same: Innocents die while leftists cheer.<\/p>\n<p>When Netanyahu thanked Biden for his years of &ldquo;service&rdquo; he was thanking a man whose recent record puts Israel in danger of being destroyed for purely domestic political purposes.<\/p>\n<p>And he was doing it with a meeting looming with a man who did as much or more than any American president to support the Jewish state since Harry Truman made the U.S. the first to recognize Israel in 1948.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s diplomacy. It&rsquo;s politics. 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However, given the recent tensions between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the situation was more intricate. Additionally, the upcoming meeting between Netanyahu and former President Donald Trump added an unusual twist. In a clearly staged event for the media, Netanyahu began by expressing gratitude to Biden for his support of Israel. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. President, we\u2019ve known each other for 40 years,&#8221; Netanyahu stated. &#8220;And you\u2019ve known every Israeli prime minister for 50 years, starting with Golda Meir. So, as a proud Jewish Zionist to a proud Irish-American Zionist, I want to thank you for 50 years of public service and support for the State of Israel.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Given the delicate position Netanyahu is in during his visit to the U.S. while his country is engaged in conflict, his remarks were understandable. Regardless of which party wins in November, Israel will require U.S. support, making it in Netanyahu&#8217;s interest to publicly appease the president. <\/p>\n<p>The oddity lies in the fact that Netanyahu has a highly publicized meeting with Trump the following day\u2014the Republican presidential nominee and a figure who has historically been more favorable to Netanyahu than Biden. Trump was instrumental in brokering the Abraham Accords, a significant advancement toward peace in the Middle East, and recognized Jerusalem as Israel&#8217;s capital, moving the U.S. Embassy there in 2018. <\/p>\n<p>While Trump has claimed to be open to dialogue with Palestinians, both Netanyahu and Biden are aware that a significant faction within the Democratic Party is hostile toward Israel and supports groups that threaten its existence. These groups are backed by Iran, which Biden has been accused of appeasing during his presidency. In contrast, Trump took a hardline approach against Iran, implementing sanctions and eliminating key terrorist figures.<\/p>\n<p>The true context of Thursday&#8217;s meeting is that while Biden may express personal support for Israel, his administration&#8217;s actions have often put the nation at risk for domestic political reasons. Netanyahu&#8217;s gratitude towards Biden was directed at a leader whose recent policies have endangered Israel, all while he prepared to meet with a former president who has been one of Israel&#8217;s strongest allies. <\/p>\n<p>This situation encapsulates the complexities of diplomacy and politics\u2014understandable yet undeniably strange<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2309505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Netanyahu-and-Biden.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3620,6524,36340,3634],"class_list":["post-2309498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-biden","tag-netanyahu","tag-public-service","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Netanyahu-and-Biden.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2309498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2309505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2309498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2309498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2309498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}