Biden to Netanyahu: Don't lecture me, don't think I'm an easy target.

It is alleged that during the meetings at the White House last week, US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said that progress had been made in the negotiations for a mutual prisoner exchange agreement, "Don't lecture me."

BIDEN: DON'T LECTURE ME

According to Channel 12 news in Israel, interesting expressions were used during the meeting between Biden and Netanyahu at the White House in Washington on July 25. It is claimed that Biden used the expression "Don't lecture me. Don't think of me as an easy target." in response to Netanyahu's statement that progress had been made in the negotiations for a mutual prisoner exchange agreement.

NETANYAHU: I WILL WORK WITH WHOEVER IS ELECTED PRESIDENT

In a statement from the Israeli Prime Minister's Office, it was stated that Netanyahu would not comment on the conversations in his closed meeting with the US President. Netanyahu emphasized in the statement that he would not interfere in US politics, that he would work with whoever is elected president, and that he expected Americans not to interfere in Israeli politics.

NEGOTIATIONS FOR PRISONER EXCHANGE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS

Negotiations have been ongoing between the parties for a long time to stop the attacks that Israel launched on the Gaza Strip on October 7. According to Channel 12 TV news in Israel, the meeting Netanyahu had with Israeli intelligence directors on the evening of August 1 was marked by heated debates and verbal clashes following the assassination attempt on Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

NETANYAHU DERAILS THE PRISONER EXCHANGE WITH HIS CONDITIONS

It was reported that the leaders of the Israeli security agencies conveyed that the additional clauses that Netanyahu wanted to add to the agreement made it impossible to reach a compromise. However, it was shared that Netanyahu blamed the negotiation team and asked them to put pressure on Hamas instead of the Prime Minister. While Israel claimed that progress had been made in the negotiations for the prisoner exchange, Netanyahu announced new preconditions such as Israel controlling the region called the Philadelphia Corridor on the Egypt-Gaza border and monitoring the return of displaced Palestinians to the north of Gaza.

According to the news in the press, among the new conditions brought by Israel to the agreement is the continuation of the presence of Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip during the prisoner exchange agreement. The text also includes the condition of allowing Palestinians to cross to the north of Gaza after the control of the Netzarim Corridor, which divides Gaza, is handed over to Israeli soldiers.

In case of disagreement or failure in implementation during the transition to the second and third stages planned for the prisoner exchange agreement, international guarantees are requested for the Israeli army to resume its attacks in Gaza. Israel also wants the list of live Israeli prisoners in Gaza before the agreement is signed.