Hunter Biden says Gaza situation 'resembles genocide,' accuses Netanyahu of endangering Jews

"I am an avowed opponent of Bibi Netanyahu and the Likud government, and what they have done in Gaza, what they continue to do in the West Bank, and what they are now doing in Lebanon." Biden said.

Hunter Biden, the son of former US president Joe Biden, sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli government on Wednesday, telling Britain's LBC that what was happening in Gaza "resembles genocide."

Biden made the comments in an extensive interview on the Tonight with Andrew Marr program.

Asked whether he still shared his father's positions regarding Israel in light of the war in Gaza and developments in the West Bank, Biden said, "I am an avowed opponent of Bibi Netanyahu and the Likud government, and what they have done in Gaza, what they continue to do in the West Bank, and what they are now doing in Lebanon as well."

"What has happened and what continues to happen in Gaza, especially, resembles genocide," he said. "I think that's a very loaded word, but I think it's an appropriate word to describe the intent of Benjamin Netanyahu."

Biden went on to argue that Netanyahu's policies had also had serious consequences for Jews outside Israel.

"I think he, more than any other person, has made Jews around the world less safe than they have ever been since World War II, since the Holocaust," he said. "I really, really believe that."

People knew October 7 was coming, Hunter Biden claims

Biden later addressed the October 7 attacks, citing what he described as an "explosive report" published recently, apparently referring to a report in Israel based on a book by Shlomi Eldar and Ruti Yuval, which alleged that Netanyahu had been aware that an attack was being planned ahead of October 7 and failed to stop it.

Biden claimed that people who had examined the events of October 7 had concluded that "they knew what was coming," and further alleged that they allowed the attack to take place so they could later carry out actions that otherwise would not have been approved.

Biden did not present new evidence during the interview to support the allegation, and LBC itself presented the claim in its publication as Biden's assertion rather than as an established factual finding.

In the same context, Biden stressed that the October 7 attack was "horrific" and that "Hamas is horrific."

During the interview, Biden also sharply criticized the war with Iran.

Asked whether he believed impeachment proceedings should be opened against US President Donald Trump if Democrats take control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, Biden said yes.

He said several of Trump's actions could, in his view, justify such proceedings, including "going to war with Iran without congressional authorization."

Earlier in the interview, Biden also discussed the economic cost of the war, saying the United States was in "a war that nobody wanted," and linked the conflict, among other factors, to rising energy prices.

Biden's strongest criticism of the US president came toward the end of the interview.

He said he feared Trump would not want to leave the White House at the end of his term. Asked whether that could result in Trump having to be removed by force, Biden said he did not know how such a situation might unfold, but that the United States should "prepare for the worst and hope for the best."

Trump is 'existential threat' to NATO and world, Hunter Biden says

Interviewer Andrew Marr asked whether Biden was effectively describing the possibility of a "Trump dictatorship" and the greatest crisis facing the American republic since the Civil War.

Biden went further.

"I think this is the greatest crisis for the world since World War II," he said. "Maybe everybody will jump all over me for that, but I truly believe that. I believe Donald Trump is an existential threat not only to our constitutional republic, but to all of NATO and to the entire world."

Biden also said in the interview that he did not currently intend to run for political office.

Instead, he said he preferred to use his public profile to reach people struggling with addiction.

Biden, who has spoken publicly for years about his addiction to drugs and alcohol, told LBC that he has been sober for more than seven years and that public exposure and shame had forced him to confront his condition openly.