{"id":69250,"date":"2021-06-15T21:29:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T01:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=69250"},"modified":"2021-06-15T21:29:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T01:29:43","slug":"bibi-blasts-biden-both-are-boneheads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=69250","title":{"rendered":"Bibi Blasts Biden, Both Are Boneheads"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu blasts Biden on his way out of office<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/4137224153001\/6aIMRO3kiI_default\/index.html?videoId=6258802103001\" width=\"618\" height=\"348\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>by: Ramon Tomey<br \/>\nNew York Post<\/p>\n<p>Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday blasted President Biden\u2019s policy approach to Iran in a \u201cscorched earth\u201d final address to the parliament \u2014 comparing the US return to the Iran nuclear deal to President Franklin Roosevelt declining to bomb the train tracks to Auschwitz when he had the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>In his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/13\/benjamin-netanyahu-ousted-ends-his-12-year-rule-in-israel\/\">last Knesset address as prime minister<\/a>, a defiant Netanyahu spoke for more than half an hour, declaring that he would no longer keep his foreign policy disagreements with the Biden administration \u201cbehind closed doors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new US administration requested that I save our disagreements on the Iran nuclear deal for behind closed doors, and not share them publicly,\u201d Netanyahu said Sunday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/in-fiery-exit-netanyahu-assails-bennett-says-he-cant-stand-up-to-iran-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the Times of Israel<\/a>. \u201cI told them I won\u2019t act that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 1944, at the height of the Holocaust, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt refused to bomb the railway leading to the extermination camps, and refused to bomb the gas chambers, which could have saved millions of our people. We hoped for others to save us, and they didn\u2019t come. In the face of the threat of extermination, we were helpless,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rev.com\/transcript-editor\/shared\/xV4Mx722q3d4g_y-ExBotIeO-lyuTf7nf1YbNZlPDGtocX8ZkLTyo8-xIPql0Ogq6sfy_aE_YPIBkMV2y2l22CD4Vng?loadFrom=PastedDeeplink&amp;ts=940.81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he went on<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img class=\"wp-image-18516490 lazyloaded\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"People celebrate after Israel's parliament voted in a new coalition government, ending Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year hold on power, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>People celebrate after Israel\u2019s parliament voted in a new coalition government, ending Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s 12-year hold on power, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Corinna Kern<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur voice was not heard among the nations. We had neither a state or an army. But today we do have a voice. We do have a state, and we do have defensive power.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a class=\"modal-trigger\">Enlarge Image<\/a><a class=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\"><img class=\"wp-image-18516438 lazyloaded\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 2000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in Jerusalem.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>In addition to criticizing President Biden in his final address, Benjamin Netanyahu declared that he and his allies will \u201creturn to power.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA\/ABIR SULTAN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The prime minister was ousted Sunday, when the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/13\/benjamin-netanyahu-ousted-ends-his-12-year-rule-in-israel\/\">parliament voted<\/a>\u00a0to install a new government after Netanyahu in March\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/13\/netanyahu-set-to-lose-power-as-israels-parliament-votes-on-new-government\/\">failed to form<\/a>\u00a0a government after elections. Naftali Bennett, who is reportedly opposed to the Iran deal, will serve two years as prime minister, and will be replaced in 2023 by centrist Yair Lapid, according to the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu, who has served as prime minister since 2009, accused the new coalition taking over of not being ready and able to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img class=\"wp-image-18516497 lazyloaded\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 619px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=619 619w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1238 1238w\" alt=\"Naftali Bennett will serve as Israel's new prime minister for two years.\" width=\"619\" height=\"412\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=619 619w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1238 1238w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><figcaption>Naftali Bennett will serve as Israel\u2019s new prime minister for two years.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Ariel Schalit<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img class=\"wp-image-18517679 lazyloaded\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/netanyahu-biden-51.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/netanyahu-biden-51.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/netanyahu-biden-51.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/netanyahu-biden-51.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/netanyahu-biden-51.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"President Biden drew the ire of the outgoing Israeli PM. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/netanyahu-biden-51.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/netanyahu-biden-51.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/netanyahu-biden-51.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/netanyahu-biden-51.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/netanyahu-biden-51.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>President Biden drew the ire of the outgoing Israeli PM.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard what Bennett said [about standing firm against Iran], and I\u2019m concerned, because Bennett does the opposite of what he promises,\u201d Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn Israeli prime minister has to be able to say no to the president of the US on matters that endanger our existence. I\u2019ll be happy if this doesn\u2019t come true, but from the moment the US returns to the Iran deal, this government will not approve operations against Iran to stop their armament,\u201d Netanyahu said,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/politics-and-diplomacy\/netanyahu-picks-fight-with-biden-in-final-speech-as-prime-minister-670929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the Jerusalem Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=nypost&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1404085916138979332&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2021%2F06%2F14%2Fisrael-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-lambasts-joe-biden-in-last-address%2F&amp;sessionId=861149be5733914454bea30d6d042f0e43413e3c&amp;siteScreenName=nypost&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1404085916138979332\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But while the embattled prime minister is leaving office, Netanyahu insisted he and his allies would soon return to lead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have just one, modest request,\u201d he said to the incoming government, according to the Times of Israel. \u201cTry to ruin the economy that we are leaving you as little as possible, so that we can fix it as quickly as possible when we return to power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A senior Israeli diplomat was reportedly not happy with Netanyahu\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img class=\"wp-image-18516510 lazyloaded\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"The new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left, front row), Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (center, front row) and Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid (right, front row) pose during a joint photo with the new government ministers at the President's residence in Jerusalem.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/israel-netanyahu-speech-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (front row, from left), Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid pose during a joint photo with the new government ministers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA\/ATEF SAFADI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One told Israeli reporter Barak David that his attacks would damage the country\u2019s relationship with America, a key ally, for his own personal interest. The official suspects that Netanyahu is trying to \u201cleave scorched earth for the incoming government,\u201d according to Ravid.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/14\/israel-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-lambasts-joe-biden-in-last-address\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu blasts Biden on his way out of office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}