Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements caused a new controversy between the United States and Israel, regarding American arms supplies to Israel. These statements were described by the White House as insulting and disturbing to the United States.
Despite these differences, both the US Secretary of State and the US National Security Advisor are scheduled to meet with Israeli officials to discuss many issues, a meeting that appears to be an attempt to ease tensions between Washington and Tel Aviv, especially after Benjamin Netanyahu accused Biden of withholding shipments of weapons and ammunition to Israel. .
With the escalation of disagreements between the two men regarding the Gaza file, American officials do not see a clear path to ending the war, with ceasefire talks faltering in light of the insistence of both. Hamas and Israel On their terms without showing any kind of flexibility in order to calm down.
Foreign policy researcher Justin Thomas Russell explained, during his interview with the Sky News Arabia newsroom, that Benjamin Netanyahu is primarily responsible for the disputes between the United States and Israel.
He attributed the reason for this to his personal actions and the pressures surrounding him inside Israel, in addition to his method of leading military operations without obtaining the necessary political support or having future visions for an end to the war and a ceasefire.
Israeli media focused their attention on the repercussions of the speech in which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly criticized the American administration and accused it of withholding weapons and ammunition from Tel Aviv.
Israeli Channel 13 revealed a secret meeting held Netanyahu With senior Israeli officials before the speech, he held a discussion with Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, Head of the Israeli National Security Council Tzachi Hanegbi and others.
According to the channel, Netanyahu raised the idea of attacking the administration of US President Joe Biden publicly and directly, but at the same time it revealed that everyone at the meeting was strictly against that, and confirmed that Netanyahu made the decision contrary to the opinion of his advisors.
In turn, the channel’s correspondent in the United States said that there is crazy American anger, and it has never reached this level with Netanyahu, noting that American officials consider the latter’s statements to be “absolute fabrication.”
For his part, political affairs analyst on the same channel, Gail Tamari, saw that Netanyahu is playing a partisan game with the Biden administration, expecting very great damage to Israel’s standing in the United States because of Netanyahu.
In statements to Israeli Channel 13, Ofer Shelah, a researcher at the Israeli National Security Institute at Tel Aviv University, believes that the Biden administration will distance itself from everything related to Israel, warning against it going to understandings and agreements with Saudi Arabia and leaving Israel aside.
Shelah added, “We are on the verge of realizing the vision that tells us (Gaza is your problem, so manage your affairs in Gaza), and in the next stage they will also say that (Lebanon is your problem, so manage your affairs with Lebanon).”
America responds to Benjamin Netanyahu
In a related context, the Israeli channel “Kan 11” quoted senior officials in the White House as saying that “Netanyahu He posted the video to distract attention from his partisan problems, and we canceled the scheduled forum in the United States so as not to devote time to people who treat us in this way.”
It also quoted two officials from the US Democratic Party as saying, “It is expected that members of the party and others in Congress will cancel their attendance at Netanyahu’s speech next month after they were previously hesitant,” stressing that the crisis is not only with the White House, but also with the Democratic Party.