CNN —US envoy Amos Hochstein told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a meeting on Tuesday in Israel that his public comments this week that the US is “withholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel” were “unproductive” and “more importantly, completely untrue,” a senior US official told CNN.
A spokesperson for the US Embassy in Israel confirmed that Lew spoke with Netanyahu on Tuesday.
The meeting reflected the administration’s mounting frustration with the Israeli leader’s comments.
Hochstein’s comments to Netanyahu weren’t the first time US officials have pushed back in private against public comments made by Netanyahu, but some US officials would like the Biden administration to go further, an administration official said.
“In the meantime, meetings with Israeli officials are being held throughout the week at expert and senior levels on a range of topics.
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