The White House is "perplexed", perplexed, I tell you, as to why the Israeli Prime Minister canceled a high-level meeting at the White House this week. President Biden invited Israeli officials to hold a briefing on the war. After the hideous decision to abstain on a U.N. Security Council's ceasefire resolution, Netanyahu called the meeting off.

'We're perplexed by this,' White House spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Monday.

The problem here is that the Biden White House is clueless. I tend to think that Kirby is playing dumb and trying to convince the White House press corps that he can't possibly figure out why Netanyahu is angry after the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. abstained instead of vetoing the ceasefire resolution. It's insulting to sane people and a slap in the face to Israel. 

The Biden administration has deliberately created a wedge between the United States and Israel, our only true ally and democracy in the neighborhood. 

Netanyahu accused the U.S. of 'retreating' from a 'principled position' with its vote. American officials said the U.S. abstained because the resolution didn't condemn Hamas. By abstaining instead of vetoing, the U.S. allowed the resolution to pass. 

Kirby said that America's vote 'does not represent a shift in our policy.'

'We've been very consistent in our support for a ceasefire as part of a hostage deal,' he said. 'But because the final text does not have key language that we think is essential, such as condemning Hamas, we couldn't support it.'

'It seems like the prime minister's office is choosing to create a perception of daylight here when they don't need to do that,' Kirby noted.

 How can Netanyahu trust Joe Biden after this stunt? Biden has gone full-on pro-Hamas and Netanyahu knows it. It's all political for Biden - he wants the Muslim Arab American votes in Michigan to win that battleground state. Joe Biden has no principled stances. He is not a principled man. He is a Swamp creature, a lifelong politician who is out for himself. 

Trump is up 3.7 percent over Biden in Michigan according to the Real Clear Politics aggregate. Trump is up in all the battleground states and Team Biden is in a panic. Biden is willing to toss the existence of Israel under the bus and pander to Hamas supporters. 

Biden's America is an upside world. 

Hamas has informed mediators that it rejects the latest hostage deal after Israel made significant concessions and offered the release of 800 prisoners for 40 hostages.

The rejection is a direct consequence of today’s UN vote. Hamas has no reason to negotiate or compromise when…

— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) March 25, 2024

The UN resolution is non-binding. It has no way to enforce it. That's not the point. The point is that Hamas is emboldened by this move by Biden. Kirby can say, 'Israel is still a close ally and a friend' all day long but actions speak louder than words. Biden says one thing publicly and another privately. He began by showing moral clarity by standing with Israel when Hamas attacked on October 7. Slowly that support began to erode as the pro-Hamas demonstrations began. They continue today and Biden no longer has the fortitude to show leadership during the Israel-Hamas war. It does not bode well for anyone, except terrorists. 

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant did come to Washington and met with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan at the White House and with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department. He also met with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on Monday.

Gallant said that U.S. officials can continue to bring up concerns about Israeli policies in Gaza as discussions continue between the United States and Israel. 'Nothing has changed about our view that a major ground offensive in Rafah would be a major mistake,' Kirby said. 

What a dangerous mess. Joe Biden allowed the world to burst into flames and he keeps pouring gasoline on the fire. An 81-year-old man with dementia should not be the leader of the free world.