Obama vs. Biden: How the presidents handled quarreling with Netanyahu

Published April 1, 2024 6:00am ET



As President Joe Biden grapples with how to approach America’s relationship with Israel amid the Israel-Hamas war, former President Barack Obama dealt with another crisis in the Middle East in a much different way than Biden has. 

When Biden was Obama’s vice president, Obama had a much different relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than Biden, which may explain how the two presidents have handled the Israeli-Palestinian crisis in different ways. 

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