President Biden has begun a tricky maneuver: breaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Gaza war strategy - while sticking with Israel and its fight against Hamas, which is still holding hostages.
Biden hoped for weeks that he could use the war to push his Saudi mega-deal after the fighting. But in many ways, Biden sees Netanyahu as the one responsible for the deal slipping away.
"I told Bibi: 'You and I are going to have a come-to-Jesus meeting,' he told Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) before realizing he was being recorded.
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