Scoop: White House cancels meeting, scolds Netanyahu in protest over video [View all]
Source: Axios
The White House canceled a high-level U.S.-Israel meeting on Iran that was scheduled for Thursday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video on Tuesday claiming the U.S. was withholding military aid, two U.S. officials tell Axios.
Why it matters: President Biden's top advisers were enraged by the video — a message U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein delivered personally to Netanyahu in a meeting hours after it was published, two U.S. and Israeli sources say. Then the White House decided to go a step farther by canceling Thursday's meeting.
"This decision makes it clear that there are consequences for pulling such stunts," a U.S. official said.
"The Americans are fuming. Bibi's video made a lot of damage," a senior Israeli official said, using a nickname for Netanyahu.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/06/19/netanyahu-video-biden-cancels-iran-meeting
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