Following a video broadcast on Fb by former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Likud celebration discovered itself compelled to subject a clarification to keep away from annoying US President Joe Biden.
Netanyahu appeared in a video on Fb on Saturday talking concerning the assembly between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Biden that passed off final month.
Repeating reported information that Biden was sleeping in the course of the assembly, Netanyahu mentioned within the video: “I heard that Biden was very attentive, very, very attentive in the course of the assembly”, then chuckled earlier than dropping his head and shutting his eyes.
In FB Dwell, Netanyahu mocked Biden’s bodily look throughout Oval Workplace assembly with Bennett: “I heard Biden was very attentive to what Bennett needed to say… He dropped his head in settlement.” pic.twitter.com/xIIxU6PUyt
— Jacob Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) September 19, 2021
This video grew to become the topic of widespread criticism on social media, forcing Likud to launch a press release. “Opposite to the distorted image broadcast within the media, former prime minister Netanyahu didn’t criticize President Biden, whom he has identified and cherished as a pal of Israel for 40 years.”
Nonetheless, the assertion added, “his criticism was directed solely at Naftali Bennett, who throughout his go to to the White Home spoke at size about nothing.”
Video footage from Bennett’s meeting with Biden appeared to indicate the US president dozing off, nevertheless, it was later revealed that the photographs had been manipulated by social media customers.
