"This decision makes it clear that there are consequences for pulling such stunts," said a U.S. official.
According to the report, Biden's team was "angry and shocked" by Netanyahu's video. "The Americans are fuming. Bibi's video made a lot of damage," a senior Israeli official told Axios, using Netanyahu's nickname.
In his video, Netanyahu declared that it was "inconceivable that in the past few months, the administration has been withholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel."
The White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre noted that only one weapons shipment had been paused since the war began, while billions of dollars of weapons had flowed unimpeded: "We genuinely do not know what he is talking about."
Give us the tools and we'll finish the job. pic.twitter.com/eQHpyd9q0X
— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) June 18, 2024
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