White House repeatedly dodges on if Biden thinks Netanyahu is an 'obstacle for peace:' 'Not answered 3 times'

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell took a swipe at White House national security communications adviser John Kirby, who repeatedly dodged her questions about whether President Biden believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is an "obstacle to peace."

Biden expressed support for the speech made Thursday by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who called for Netanyahu's ouster through a snap election in Israel, referring to him as an "obstacle to peace."

"He made a good speech, and I think he expressed serious concern shared not only by him, but by many Americans," Biden said Friday.

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In an interview on MSNBC, Mitchell told Kirby that Biden "appeared to endorse" Schumer's speech, to which Kirby responded by saying Biden has "great respect" for Schumer and his "passion," but insisted the president will continue working with Netanyahu in order to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza.

"The president had a choice about the words he would use by calling it a ‘good speech,'" Mitchell said. "Does he agree with those views that Prime Minister Netanyahu is an 'obstacle to peace?'"

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"The president knows that the Israeli people get to determine who their elected government representatives are. That's what democracy is all about and he respects that," Kirby responded. "And he has been nothing but candid and forthright with the prime minister about ways in which we think things can be done differently, things can be done better, things can be done a little bit more stridently to get more assistance into the people of Gaza to and to reduce the number of civilian casualties. I mean, my goodness, these