‘He’s f***ing me’: Trump privately fumed to aides about Netanyahu after Israeli strike on Qatar | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump fumed “He’s f***ing me” in a dialog about Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes on US ally Qatar earlier this month, in accordance with a report.

The US president has remained agency in his assist for Israel’s army motion in Gaza, however was stated to be livid after Mr Netanyahu authorised strikes on Hamas leaders in Doha, The Wall Street Journal reported.

In the aftermath of the strikes, Trump stated he was “not happy” with Israel and that the operation “does not advance Israel or America’s goals”.

But sources advised the WSJ that Trump flew right into a rage on receiving information of the strikes, and advised shut aides, together with US secretary of state Marco Rubio: “Netanyahu is f***ing me.”

Previous reviews instructed that the US president had rebuked Mr Netanyahu and complained that he had not been knowledgeable of the plan to hit Doha. He is claimed to have known as the Israeli PM following the strikes to ask if that they had been a hit, and to have been sad on being advised that that they had not.

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The prime minister of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, stated in response to the assaults: “The time has come for the international community to stop using double standards and to punish Israel for all the crimes it has committed.”

Ahead of Mr Rubio’s state go to to Israel, Mr Trump had urged the Israeli chief to behave with warning, saying: “My message is that they have to be very, very careful. They have to do something about Hamas, but Qatar has been a great ally to the United States.”

But latest proof means that Mr Netanyahu has not heeded Mr Trump’s warnings, and that Israel has develop into more and more belligerent about hanging nations within the Middle East, together with Washington’s allies.

“I’m mystified and so are many other Israelis,” Itamar Rabinovich, a former Israeli ambassador to the US, advised the WSJ after the strikes. “The only thing that’s really working for [Netanyahu] is Trump’s support.”

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“Netanyahu knows that while the White House may grumble a bit, there really is no downside to an ‘ask forgiveness, not permission’ approach,” stated Damian Murphy, a former workers director for the Democrats on the Senate overseas relations committee.

The Independent has contacted the White House and the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office for remark.

Mr Netanyahu advised Mr Rubio throughout his state go to that the connection between their respective nations was “as strong, as durable as the stones in the Western Wall that we just touched” because the pair wrote prayers on items of paper and positioned them between the bricks.

The US president emphasised his dedication to Israel and its army marketing campaign throughout a state go to to the UK. He backslapped Sir Keir Starmer because the British prime minister stated that Hamas should have “no future” in Gaza.

Mr Netanyahu is topic to an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court and has been criticised by worldwide leaders, human rights teams, and the United Nations, which not too long ago concluded that Israel is committing genocide towards Palestinians within the Gaza Strip. Israel vehemently denies the claims.