{"id":533459,"date":"2021-05-21T12:20:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=533459"},"modified":"2021-05-21T12:20:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:20:36","slug":"netanyahu-calls-joe-biden-my-friend-for-supporting-israeli-efforts-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-calls-joe-biden-my-friend-for-supporting-israeli-efforts-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu Calls Joe Biden \u2018My Friend\u2019 For Supporting Israeli Efforts In Gaza"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fnetanyahu-calls-joe-biden-my-friend-for-supporting-israeli-efforts-in-gaza%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=533459&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-97575650-scaled-e1621612430428.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to President Joe Biden as his \u201cfriend,\u201d and thanked him for supporting Israel\u2019s efforts during the Gaza conflict in a press conference on Friday.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy good friend Biden and I spoke six times in recent days \u2014 all the conversations were friendly and warm,\u201d Netanyahu said, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-not-everything-is-known-to-public-and-hamas-668761\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to The Jerusalem Post. \u201cHe repeated that the US supports Israel\u2019s right to defend itself \u2026 I thank him for his cooperation in manufacturing Iron Dome missiles.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Netanyahu also reportedly commented that Israeli airstrikes destroyed more than 62 miles of Hamas\u2019 underground tunnel network, and warned of additional retaliation should Hamas strike again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe public doesn\u2019t know everything, Hamas doesn\u2019t know everything, but all our achievements will be revealed over time,\u201d Netanyahu said, <\/span><span>according<\/span><span> to The Jerusalem Post. \u201cAt this time, I can say we did daring and innovative things.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.359223300971\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bibi says he spoke to \u201cmy friend\u201d Joe Biden six times and said they were all warm, supportive conversations, and Biden understood Israel\u2019s need to defend itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amy Spiro (@AmySpiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmySpiro\/status\/1395684647460294660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Netanyahu\u2019s press conference marked the first day of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/20\/breaking-israel-reportedly-agrees-ceasefire-gaza\/\"><span>ceasefire<\/span><\/a><span> between Israel and Hamas after eleven days of conflict.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/05\/20\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-middle-east\/\"><span>spoke<\/span><\/a><span> with Netanyahu shortly after the ceasefire was declared on Thursday, reiterating U.S. support for \u201cIsrael\u2019s right to defend itself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI assured him of my full support to replenish Israel\u2019s Iron Dome system to ensure its defenses and security in the future,\u201d Biden stated. He also promised to provide humanitarian aid to support Gaza\u2019s reconstruction efforts.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden previously spoke with Netanyahu on Wednesday, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/19\/israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-rebuffs-joe-biden-de-escalation-determined-continue-operation-gaza\/\"><span>announcing<\/span><\/a><span> that he conveyed his expectation of a \u201csignificant de-escalation \u2026 on the path to a ceasefire.\u201d <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/19\/joe-biden-israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-expects-significant-de-escalation-today\/\">(RELATED: Biden Tells Israeli PM Netanyahu He Expects \u2018Significant De-Escalation Today\u2019 As Violence Moves Into Day 10)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Netanyahu responded at the time by saying he was \u201cdetermined\u201d to continue the Gaza operation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Several Democrats have been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/17\/white-house-message-democrats-sparring-joe-biden-israel-support-step-back-politics\/\"><span>vocally critical<\/span><\/a><span> of the Biden administration\u2019s posture toward Israel, condemning the administration for not standing up \u201cto an ally,\u201d and accusing Israel of being an \u201capartheid\u201d state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In response to this growing rift within the Democratic party, White House press secretary Jen Psaki <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/20\/breaking-israel-reportedly-agrees-ceasefire-gaza\/\"><span>noted<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cThe president doesn\u2019t see this through the prism of domestic politics, he sees this through the prism of what role the United States can play as a leader in the global community to engage in quiet, intensive diplomacy to bring an end to the suffering and tragedy on the ground.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to President Joe Biden as his \u201cfriend,\u201d and thanked him for supporting Israel\u2019s efforts during the Gaza conflict in a press conference on Friday.\u00a0\u201cMy &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312590,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-97575650-scaled-e1621612430428.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Netanyahu Calls Joe Biden \u2018My Friend\u2019 For Supporting Israeli Efforts In Gaza","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-533459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-97575650-scaled-e1621612430428.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Netanyahu Calls Joe Biden \u2018My Friend\u2019 For Supporting Israeli Efforts In Gaza","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533459","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=533459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}