Benjamin Netanyahu calls 'gays for Gaza' an ABSURDITY, 'You'd be shot in the back of the head', and doubles down on public criticism of Biden administration

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rounded on liberal activists in an interview published Friday, saying he was shocked by the number of young Americans who said they backed Hamas and ridiculing the 'Gays for Gaza' movement.

'The people who protest with these killers … You have Gays for Gaza,' he said. 

'That's an absurdity if I've ever heard one. If you are gay in Gaza, you'll be shot in the back of the head. 

'Women for Gaza. What are women in Gaza — they're chattel and other such absurdities.'

Gay sex is banned in Gaza, punishable by up to 10 years in prison under an old British-era law.

'The people who protest with these killers … You have Gays for Gaza,' said Benjamin Netanyahu. 'That's an absurdity ... If you are gay in Gaza, you'll be shot in the back of the head.'

Recently discovered Hamas documents revealed that a top commander was executed with three bullets to the chest in 2016 for the crime of being gay.

Netanyahu made his remarks at a time of particularly high tension with the Biden administration, which he accuses of slowing deliveries of vital weapons.

With one eye on November's election, President Joe Biden is under intense pressure from the left of his own party to do more to protect Palestinian civilians and take a tougher line on Netanyahu.

The Israeli prime minister is due to bring his case to Congress on July 24.

In the meantime, he warned against letting pro-Hamas activists dominate the debate in America.

'I'm an Israeli patriot, and I speak on behalf of the Israeli people,' he told Punchbowl News.

'I'm happy to see that in one poll after another when Americans are asked who do they support in this world? 80% percent say Israel and 20% say Hamas. 20% supporting Hamas is still an incredible number.

'Who are they supporting — these murderers, these rapists of women, the beheaders of babies, the burning of innocent civilians, the taking of hostages, including Holocaust survivors. 

'Well, it may not be that surprising because 20%, more or less, say that Bin Laden was right and America was wrong. So there's obviously an issue that affects parts of American society that challenges not Israel but challenges America.'

The Israeli prime minister also doubled down on his public criticism of the Biden administration in an interview with Punchbowl News

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Earlier this week Netanyahu went public with his criticism of Washington. He said it was 'inconceivable' that the administration had held up weapons deliveries.

It triggered anger among White House officials, who canceled a planned meeting, and said the Israeli leader had simply got it wrong.

Netanyahu used the interview to say that he was grateful for U.S. aid but that the only way to avoid a full-scale war with Hezbollah, the armed Islamist movement camped along Israel's northern border with Lebanon, was to resume all weapons shipments.

'President Biden came here, he sent two carrier groups and he gave us valuable assistance and ammunition and weapons from the beginning of the war,' he said. 

'I appreciate that and I remain appreciative.'

But he added that 'many, many quiet conversations between our officials and American officials' had not solved delays or eased bottlenecks.

A ball of fire and black smoke rises moments after an Israeli air strike targeted a residential building in the city of Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on June 3, 2024

Relatives and supporters of Israelis taken hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza in the October 7 attacks, demonstrate calling for their release in the central city of Tel Aviv on June 8, 2024

Biden is under pressure from his own supporters to rein in the Israeli offensive in Gaza

'I felt that airing it was absolutely necessary after months of quiet conversations that did not solve the problem,' he said.

Although Biden has delayed the delivery of some heavy bombs amid worries about civilian casualties, officials have gone out of their way not to accuse Israel of overstepping any red lines during its assault on Rafah, in southern Gaza.

There has been no let up in fighting after eight months of war, triggered by the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7.

Netanyahu insisted again that he could end the war faster if he had the right tools for the job. 

'I don't know what's causing it,' he said. 

'But I'm aware that there has been a great slowdown in the provision of the important ammunition and weapons. 

'I'm not talking about F-35s or F-16s that are years down the line. I'm talking about what is necessary now to both win the war in Gaza quickly and avoid a war in Lebanon that, in the absence of such a correction, the risks of it breaking out are increasing.'