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Netanyahu wants to go down with ‘the pillars of the temple’

AFTER decades of US foreign policy of “blind loyalty” towards Israel, the chickens are finally coming home to roost, epitomised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s growing defiance and sheer arrogance.

America’s Commander-in-Chief in the form of President Joe Biden has been left red-faced by the antics of the Jewish leader, who is also known as “Bibi”.

The two leaders, once closely connected like a nail and a finger, are currently struggling to conceal their utter disdain for each other. According to the US president, bilateral relations between the two traditional allies remain “iron-clad”.

But’s he’s not telling the truth, and the evidence is becoming very public by the day. Only last week, the US media revealed that the Biden administration had “paused” a shipment of military supplies to Tel Aviv.

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