Biden says Netanyahu ‘hurting Israel more than helping Israel’

CIA Director William Burns met with Mossad’s director, David Barnea on Friday to discuss a potential hostage deal and temporary ceasefire agreement, according to the Israeli Prime Minister’s office.

In a series of posts on X, the Prime Minister’s office said that efforts were ongoing to “narrow the gaps and advance agreements” in hostage talks and blamed continued stalling on Hamas, saying the group was attempting to “ignite the region during Ramadan.”

While the Prime Minister’s Office did not specify where Barnea and Burns met, Israeli news site Walla reported that the meeting took place in “a country in the region.”

Mossad is Israel’s primary state intelligence agency, responsible for counter-terrorism and covert operations.

President Biden denied that an increasing number of Democratic voters who have said they will not vote for the President at the next election over his administration’s role in supporting Israel’s war in Gaza, including by arming its military, was not “widely shared” by the majority of voters.

“What they said is that they’re very upset, and I don’t blame them for being upset,” Biden told MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart. “People are dying, and they want something done about it,” he said, adding that it was “understandable” that they felt that way.

In Michigan, a state with a large number of Muslim voters and citizens of Arab descent, more than 100,000 people voted “uncommitted” in the Democratic primary instead of the President.

In Minnesota’s primary on Tuesday, NBC News projected that “uncommitted” would win 19% of the vote as major progressive donors began to sound the alarm about the growing strength of the movement.

Arab leaders are ready to recognize Israel and begin rebuilding the region if there is a ceasefire, President Joe Biden told MSNBC’s Jonathan…