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Biden says he told Netanyahu not to 'carpet bomb' Palestinians just days after 7 October attacks (www.middleeasteye.net)

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In his presidential exit interview with the broadcaster MSNBC on Thursday, US President Joe Biden revealed that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to "carpet bomb" Palestinians as he retaliated for the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks.

That messaging came just 10 days into Israel's war on Gaza, when Biden, a longtime self-described Zionist, personally visited Israel.

Biden says Netanyahu told him that the US carpet-bombed Germany and dropped a nuclear bomb on Japan during the Second World War, suggesting that Americans cannot lecture Israelis on military tactics.

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[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"So anyway, here take a billion dollars worth of bombs"

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 11 points 1 day ago

“Just don’t drop them all at once, save some for later “