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| - The reporter asked, "President Biden, do you think we can get a hostage deal by the end of your term?" And the president supposedly responded, "Do you think you can keep from getting hit in the head by a camera behind you?"
The exchange supposedly happened on Nov. 12, 2024, as Biden fielded reporters' questions before a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
Biden did indeed use the above words, as evidenced by the White House's official transcript, video footage of the moment and confirmation from the in-question journalist, Israeli news reporter Neria Kraus. We thus determined the quote to be correctly attributed.
Reporter: President Biden, do you think we can get a hostage deal by the end of your term?
Biden: Do you think you can keep from getting hit in the head by a — a camera behind you? All right. Well, thank you all. Well, Mr. President [speaking to Herzog], welcome back to the Oval Office and the White House. You've been a friend for a long time, a personal friend. And you know my commitment to Israel is ironclad and we share a deep friendship.
The reporter at the center of the exchange — Kraus, who works fo
Kraus later wrote on X, "The thing that truly concerns me about Biden's response to my question is that the political reality is such that President Biden, who's committed to bring the hostages home, was not able to give me a clear answer about this very critical question regarding getting a hostage deal by the end of his term."
During Biden's meeting with Herzog, the Israeli president said 101 Israelis were still being held as hostages in Gaza and discussed what he called "sad news of the day" — the
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