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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/us/politics/biden-lapses.html
Biden Told Netanyahu after Iran's April Attack on Israel: "If You Launch a Big Attack on Iran, You're on Your Own"
(New York Times) Peter Baker - President Biden's aides, citing examples of the president's alertness and coherence where critical national security issues were on the line, described the Situation Room the night that Iran hurled a barrage of missiles and drones at Israel. Aides present portrayed a president lecturing Prime Minister Netanyahu by phone to avoid a retaliatory escalation. "Let me be crystal clear," Biden said. "If you launch a big attack on Iran, you're on your own." Netanyahu pushed back, citing the need to respond in kind to deter future attacks. "You do this and I'm out," Biden said forcefully. Ultimately, the aides noted, Netanyahu scaled back Israel's response.