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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Beaumont

‘Madness’: Netanyahu’s handling of US relations under scrutiny after UN vote

Benjamin Netanyahu speaking with Israeli and US flags behind him
Benjamin Netanyahu speaking in October. One columnist said the leader ‘has been dealing with America the way a spoiled teenager deals with his parents’. Photograph: Miriam Alster/Pool via Reuters

The Israeli prime minister’s handling of relations with the Biden administration, which led the US on Monday to decline to veto a ceasefire resolution at the UN security council, has been greeted by sharp criticism by Israeli commentators.

After the US abstention, prominent columnists across the Israeli media condemned Benjamin Netanyahu’s growing friction with the US president, Joe Biden.

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