Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumTrump got into a shouting match with Netanyahu after Israeli PM denied pictures of starving Gazans were real: report
Source: The Independent
Trump got into a shouting match with Netanyahu after Israeli PM denied pictures of starving Gazans were real: report
Former official says Trump-Netanyahu phone call was direct, mostly one-way conversation about the status of humanitarian aid with president doing most of the talking
Gustaf Kilander
in Washington D.C.
Sunday 10 August 2025 22:04 BST
President Donald Trump got into a shouting match with Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israeli prime minister denied that images of starving children in Gaza were real, according to NBC News.
Israel is building up troops as it prepares to possibly take full control of the Gaza Strip. The private phone conversation that devolved into the two leaders shouting at each other reportedly took place on July 28.
The tense discussion came amid U.S. concerns about the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a relief effort backed by the U.S. and Israel, several officials told the network.
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Netanyahu claimed during the call that there was no starvation in Gaza, arguing that Hamas had fabricated it. Trump interrupted and started shouting, saying that he didnt want to hear the assertion that the starvation was fake, adding that his staff had shown him evidence that children are starving.
The prime ministers office was quick to deny the claim that a shouting match had taken place.
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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-netanyahu-shouting-match-gaza-starvation-b2805154.html
Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-got-shouting-match-netanyahu-210424859.html
questionseverything
(11,985 posts)choie
(7,005 posts)about these monsters?
chicoescuela
(3,208 posts)tanyev
(49,690 posts)I do not believe he used the word assertion. Im also suspicious of him saying his staff had shown him evidence verbatim.
Blues Heron
(9,036 posts)Irish_Dem
(82,378 posts)He was pulling a Trump and pretending his crimes are fake news.
sop
(19,337 posts)The Madcap
(2,039 posts)T**** is busy razing the U.S., but it's a bigger job than destroying Gaza.
Irish_Dem
(82,378 posts)Or the murder of women and children.
elleng
(141,926 posts)Lovie777
(23,748 posts)vanessa_ca
(947 posts)That makes sense to me. I remember the moment Norman Finkelstein got to even Candace Owens who had been supporting Israel up until this talk.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aTv70Y346do
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