Stop bulls***g me, furious Biden told Netanyahu amid Mideast tensions: Report

Days after the killing of Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh in an Israeli strike in Iran, US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “stop bullshitting me” during their conversation on Thursday, Channel 12 News reported without citing any official sources.

This comment came after Netanyahu informed Biden that Israel was advancing negotiations on a hostages-for-ceasefire deal with Hamas and would soon send a delegation to resume talks.

President Biden concluded the conversation by saying, “Don’t take the president for granted.”

As per the report, this remark was made in the context of Israeli-US cooperation in anticipation of a possible full-scale war with Iran and its proxies.

This comes amid escalating tensions, as Iran and Tehran-backed groups have vowed revenge for the recent assassinations of several of their leaders. President Biden has rallied regional powers to assist in repelling Iran’s unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel during the night of April 13–14.

Responding to the report, the Israel Prime Minister’s Office issued an official statement later on Saturday, stating, “The prime minister does not interfere in American politics and will work with whoever is elected president, just as he also expects the Americans not to interfere in Israeli politics,” The Times of Israel reported.

Meanwhile, after President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the US presidential election race, Benjamin Netanyahu is feeling emboldened to take stringent action against Iran, a senior Israeli official told The Telegraph.

The official stated that the US President was trying to “restrain” Netanyahu while he was still running for re-election.

“He told him not to respond too harshly to Iran’s attacks. And Iran knew this, which is why they exploited the situation to attack Israel,” the official was quoted as saying by The Telegraph in its report.