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David Smith in Washington

Biden inches away from Netanyahu as Israeli PM fails to heed US on Gaza

two men in suits sit across from each other
Joe Biden meets Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on 18 October 2023. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

A long time ago, Joe Biden signed a photo for Benjamin Netanyahu. “Bibi, I love you,” he recalls writing. “I don’t agree with a damn thing you say.”

This twisty, best-of-frenemies relationship has been at the heart of the crisis in Gaza for the past five months. Unfortunately for the US president, the message from Jerusalem has been: he’s just not that into you.

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