Israeli PM dismisses claim despite Washington providing estimated 68% of country’s foreign-sourced weapons
On the second day of a US diplomatic push in Israel aimed at shoring up the fragile Gaza ceasefire with Hamas, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Wednesday dismissed suggestions that his country is a client state of Washington, calling the idea “hogwash”.
Despite the US providing an estimated 68% of Israel’s foreign-sourced weapons, in response to a question whether Israel was beholden to Washington, Netanyahu said: ‘‘I want to put it very clearly. One week they say that Israel controls the United States. A week later they say the United States controls Israel. This is hogwash.”