Joe Biden on Tuesday met with President Isaac Herzog of Israel within the Oval Workplace.
Earlier than the assembly started, a reporter for Information Israel 13 requested Joe Biden a couple of hostage deal.
“President Biden, do you assume we will get a hostage deal by the top of your time period?” the reporter requested Biden.
Joe Biden lashed out on the feminine reporter.
“Do you assume that you would be able to get hit within the head by the digicam behind you?” Biden requested the reporter.
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I requested President Biden if he thinks that he can get a hostage deal carried out by the top of his time period. He answered, commenting on the variety of cameramen within the room: “do you assume that you would be able to get hit within the head by the digicam behind you?” pic.twitter.com/B3DCJoHdaw
— Neria Kraus (@NeriaKraus) November 12, 2024
Biden continued on with the assembly after bullying the feminine reporter.
“All proper. Effectively, thanks all,” Biden mentioned.
“Effectively, Mr. President, welcome again to the Oval Workplace and the White Home. You’ve been a pal for a very long time, a private pal. And you realize my dedication to Israel is ironclad and we share a deep friendship,” Biden mentioned to Herzog.
“I wish to thanks once more for being right here, and the ground is yours,” Biden added.
Herzog thanked Joe Biden for being an “unbelievable pal of Israel and Jewish folks.”
“I’ll begin, in fact, with the unhappy information of the day. Within the final two hours, two Israelis had been mor- — murdered by rocket assaults from Lebanon within the t- — northern city of Nahariya, a gorgeous seashore city within the northern a part of Israel. Early within the day, a kindergarten instructor of a kindergarten of particular wants — childrens with particular wants — rescued, bravely and properly, the toddlers within the kindergarten from a drone assault. A drone exploded within the kindergarten,” Herzog mentioned.
Herzog mentioned Gaza nonetheless has 101 hostages since final October.
“And in Gaza, we now have 101 hostages. Over 400 days, I do know, Mr. President, that you realize you — you’re day-in, day-out, actively searching for their surf- — protected return dwelling as they’re going by means of hell within the dungeons of Gaza,” Herzog mentioned.
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Israeli Pres. Isaac Herzog thanked Pres. Joe Biden for being “an unbelievable pal of Israel and the Jewish folks” throughout his go to to the Oval Workplace.
“We are going to always remember, ever in historical past, the way you stood up with us in our darkest hour.” https://t.co/GDPhBtSHkI pic.twitter.com/UtlUO3UYNJ
— ABC Information (@ABC) November 12, 2024
