President Biden fights hard to save Palestinian civilians from the Russian Mafia in the Israel-Hamas War. He fights even harder to save Americans from the Russian Mafia

President Biden fights hard to save Palestinian civilians from the Russian Mafia in the Israel-Hamas War. He fights even harder to save Americans from the Russian Mafia

Before the Israeli government began bombing Gaza, President Biden, Vice President Harris, Secretary of State Blinken, Secretary of Defense Austin, Jake Sullivan, and other Biden Administration officials worked to convince Prime Minister Netanyahu to not bomb Gaza and Palestinian civilians. In his new book War Mr. Woodward describes President Biden’s interactions with Netanyahu, and the many lies Netanyahu told our President and Biden Administration officials. Below is a portion of Chapter 66. I’ve highlighted Netanyahu’s lies to our President, the times our President said Netanyahu’s staff lied to Biden Administration officials, our President’s description of Netanyahu’s character, and the instances where our President and his Administration did all they could to discourage Netanyahu from bombing Palestinian civilians.

Below are quotes from the book, most of the words are spoken by President Biden working to negotiate with a largely nonresponsive Netanyahu. I'm not accusing Netanyahu of being owned by the Russian Mafia. What I’ve noticed about individuals I know who are compromised by the Russian Mafia is how passive-aggressive, flat-out aggressive or baffling they are. They look exactly as they should but their behavior and intent is to harm. People owned by the Russian Mafia are under order to frustrate, waste the target’s time, destabilize, enrage, aggravate, groom, lure and/or weaken the target. But they wear the face of loved ones, friends, colleagues, coworkers or ordinary people.

That son of a bitch, Bibi Netanyahu, he’s a bad guy. He’s a bad fucking guy!” President Biden declared privately to one of his closest associates. “A bad fucking guy!”

He doesn’t give a shit about Hamas. He gives a shit only about himself.”

President Biden distrusts Netanyahu, who he said had been lying to him regularly.

“Netanyahu was destroying the entire region of Gaza, pounding one of the most densely populated places on earth with an estimated 45,000 bombs. Almost half, 47 percent, of Gaza’s population of 2.2 million were children under the age of 18. Hundreds of the bombs dropped on Gaza had been the massive 2,000-pounders. The carnage resembled some of the worst bombing during World War II.”

“Netanyahu was continuing to say he was going to kill every last member of Hamas.”

“Biden had told him that was impossible, threatening both privately and publicly to withhold offensive U.S. weapons shipments to Israel.”

Netanyahu promised Biden that Israel would change strategy and pursue Hamas with more carefully targeted and sophisticated operations. They would replicate the more systematic and patient year-long hunt to eliminate the Black September Palestinian militants who killed 11 Israeli Olympic team members in Munich 1872.”

No more battalions going in firing rockets and artillery without strategy, no more dropping huge bombs on urban areas. But Netanyahu continued to issue precisely those orders.”

Before October 7, Netanyahu’s political leadership was in tatters. He faced criminal charges of fraud and bribery that had been delayed multiple times, and he was widely criticized for pushing legal and judicial reforms that weakened the independence of Israel’s judiciary. Netanyahu was close to being ousted as prime minister.”

But after the large-scale October 7 Hamas attack on his watch, Netanyahu pushed aside questions of Israel’s catastrophic intelligence and security failures and resurrected himself as a strong wartime leader. Israel had rallied around their prime minister. Ongoing war shielded Netanyahu.”

President Biden told a friend that Netanyahu was now working hard to save himself politically and stay out of jail.”

Biden was amazed that Bib’s leadership had lasted.

Why hasn’t there been an internal revolt?” Biden said. “A strong internal revolt about just just voting Bibi out of office somehow, someway! Just get him out of there!”

President Biden complained bitterly that Netanyahu had spent no time on a plan for Gaza and the region after the war ends. He knew this because of multiple secure calls with Netanyahu and several meetings Blinken had reported back on over the last six months.”

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Biden had pushed Netanyahu in the immediate aftermath of October 7 not to conduct a ground invasion into Gaza. Israel plowed ahead anyway. Biden pressured Netanyahu to allow sustained humanitarian aid into Gaza, but Israel’s military blitz made delivering the aid almost impossible.”

“The humanitarian catastrophe continued to escalate in Gaza.”

Secretary of State Blinken had been working almost 24/7 for months. He was exhausted, emotionally and physically drained by Netanyahu’s dealings and maneuvering.

Biden warned Netanyahu not to conduct a military offensive into Rafah. Netanyahu delayed, debated, produced a plan to move civilians out of harm’s way. But, ultimately Netanyahu sent Israel’s military in.

He’s a fucking liar,” Biden said privately of Netanyahu. “Eighteen out of 19 people who work for him are fucking liars.”

Biden believed if he were to firmly and publicly break with Netanyahu, it would risk Israel’s security – something he was not prepared to do after October 7. Iran and Hezbollah were watching.”

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In June, Israeli’s military rescued four more hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, but killed at least 274 Palestinians in the rescue operation. Hundreds more were wounded. Israel blamed Hamas for surrounding the hostages with civilians in Nuseirat, a densely populated refugee camp.

“President Biden had successfully deterred wider Middle East war, for now, but failed to reign in Israel’s government to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. He would not alter U.S. policy toward Israel and continued to provide billions of dollars in military aid to Netanyahu.

“Biden was walking a rapidly fraying tightrope with Israel.”

 

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