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David Smith in Washington

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Biden inches away from netanyahu as israeli pm fails to heed us on gaza - What They Never Told You

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Joe Biden meets Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on 18 October 2023. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

A long time ago, Joe Biden signed a photo for Benjamin Netanyahu. “Bibi, I love you,” he recalls writing. “I don’t agree with a damn thing you say.”

This twisty, best-of-frenemies relationship has been at the heart of the crisis in Gaza for the past five months. Unfortunately for the US president, the message from Jerusalem has been: he’s just not that into you.

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