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Netanyahu doubles down against US as White House expresses 'disappointment'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to double down on his broadside against US President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday, saying he was willing to incur "personal attacks" in order to defend Israel's existance.  

Netanyahu was referring to a video  he released this week in English accusing the Biden administration of "withholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel".

"Those comments were deeply disappointing and certainly vexing to us, given the amount of support that we have and will continue to provide," US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told journalists earlier on Thursday.

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