Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted comments Tuesday that appeared to respond to President Joe Biden’s criticism of his government.
“Since the war began, I have led a diplomatic campaign to thwart pressure aimed at bringing it to an early end and to secure strong support for Israel,” the prime minister said on Twitter. Ta. “We have had considerable success. Today, the Harvard CAPS Harris Poll was released showing that 82% of Americans support Israel; “This means that four out of five people support Israel over Hamas. This will help us continue the campaign until complete victory,” he added. (Related: Prime Minister Netanyahu pushes back against Margaret Brennan’s ‘grenade’, insists Israelis are ‘united’ behind his plan)
We’ve had quite a bit of success. Today, the Harvard CAPS Harris Poll was released, showing that 82% of Americans support Israel. This means that 4 out of 5 American citizens support Israel rather than Hamas.
This will help you continue your campaign until complete victory.
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) February 27, 2024
Prime Minister Netanyahu was referring to the February 2024 Harvard CAPS-Harris Rating. poll It found that 82 percent of Americans supported Israel over Hamas, and 68 percent of Americans believed that Israel was trying to avoid civilian casualties in its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The poll was conducted between February 21st and February 22nd among 2,022 registered voters.
Netanyahu’s comments appeared to be a response to remarks by Biden on Monday, who suggested that aid from other countries would be lacking because of the Israeli government. “Israel has overwhelming support from the vast majority of countries,” Biden said. “If this incredibly conservative government continues like this… it will lose support around the world,” CNN said. report.
Biden acknowledged that Israel was delaying its attacks, but said, “In the meantime, too many innocent people are being killed.”
Biden reportedly called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “bastard” multiple times during the Israel-Hamas war. Biden also said the prime minister was in “so much pain lately” that he was “near death recently,” three people familiar with Biden’s remarks told NBC News.
According to Axios, Biden ended a heated phone call with Netanyahu in December over Israeli concerns that tax revenues for the Palestinian Authority would end up in the hands of Hamas. That same month, Biden reportedly characterized certain Israeli operations in Gaza as “indiscriminate bombing” against donor countries and warned that Prime Minister Netanyahu should change his government in order to regain global support. .
Biden’s stance on Israel has offended America’s Muslim community, whose support among them has declined since the war began.
In December, several Muslim leaders appeared in the battleground state of Dearborn, Michigan, to express their anger at the president and plan to block his re-election campaign.
“We are exploring ways to create coordination mechanisms between all battleground states to ensure that Muslim Americans come out in all of these states and that Mr. Biden loses them all. “We continue to work closely with them,” Hassan Abdel Salam, a professor at the University of Minnesota, said during the Dearborn rally.
