White House rejects Netanyahu claim U.S. is withholding weapons from Israel
The Biden administration on Tuesday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's accusation that it had withheld weapons for Israel's war in Gaza.
The U.S. says it has no idea what the Israeli prime minister is talking about.
The Biden administration on Tuesday rejected Benjamin Netanyahu's accusation that Washington had been "withholding weapons and ammunitions" from its close ally over the "past few months." The Israeli leader implied that this was hampering his military's ongoing offensive in Gaza, now focused on the southern city of Rafah.
"We genuinely do not know what he is talking about. We just don't,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said as she maintained that only one shipment of heavy bombs had been paused since the war began, while billions of dollars of arms have continued to flow into Israel.
The White House denied reports it had canceled a high-level meeting with Israeli officials about Iran after having been enraged by Netanyahu's accusation. A White House official told NBC News the details of the meeting had not yet been finalized, "so nothing has been canceled."
U.S. officials said they did not want to “reward” Israel with the meeting, which they described as “not locked” in a final schedule and “postponed." The officials said it is still expected to happen, however.
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