As protestors held a "die-in" outside the White House on Thursday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris each met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu made a speech to Congress on Wednesday night, with many Democrats protesting by either not showing up or showing their true feelings while Republicans greeted him with thunderous applause.
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In his remarks, Netanyahu defended the Israeli government's brutal conduct during the war as thousands of demonstrators swarmed around the Capitol carrying signs calling him a war criminal and demanding justice for Palestine.
Despite the long relationship between the US and Israel, Netanyahu has recently been critical of the Biden administration's withholding of weapons and other assistance. President Biden and Vice President Harris have been pushing for a ceasefire in Gaza in response to Israel's relentless bombing of civilians.
Israel's attacks have created a famine in Gaza, which has been virtually cut off from the outside world, making it nearly impossible to deliver vital resources to its starving residents.
The war has also made the long-standing aggression between Israel and Palestine even more volatile, with some pro-Palestinian protestors resorting to anti-Semitic attacks, spray-painting pro-Hamas graffiti on the sides of government buildings, and burning the American flag.
Vice President Harris immediately responded. "I condemn the burning of the American flag," VP Harris said in a statement. "It should never be desecrated in that way."
An Israeli official told Axios that Netanyahu was "unhappy" with Vice President Harris after their meeting, where she mentioned the civilian deaths in Gaza and the "dire humanitarian situation there."
Later, VP Harris tweeted her truth about her meeting with Netanyahu.
"Today, I had a frank and constructive meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu about a wide range of issues," her tweet reads, "including my commitment to Israel’s security, the importance of addressing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and the urgent need to get the ceasefire and hostage deal done."
"Frank and constructive" = Kamala probably made him cry in the bathroom once they were done.
President Biden, ever the foreign policy statesman, kept it simple and classy.
Netanyahu then flew to Florida to meet with his American counterpart at Mar-A-Lago, probably to discuss giving Trump asylum in Israel now that he's losing badly to Kamala Harris in the polls.
A terrified-looking Trump--who weakly announced he won't be debating Kamala Harris because he knows how devastating that would be for him--shared this image on social media.
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This only violates the Logan Act. Hopefully this is the last time we see either of them together on American soil.
Bye bye, Bibi.