NETANYAHU UNDER ATTACK WITHIN CABINET FOR CANCELLING DELEGATION TO U.S.
March 26, 2024Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled a delegation that was supposed to visit the White House and Pentagon this week. He accused the U.S. of hurting Israel’s war effort by failing to veto the cease-fire resolution.
President Joe Biden requested the delegation to discuss the looming ground invasion of Rafah and for the U.S. to offer alternative options to reduce potential civilian casualties.
This report from Channel 11 TV in Israel highlights the growing rift within the Israeli government between Netanyahu and his coalition partners including Benny Gantz who crticized the Prime Minister’s unilateral decision further isolating him.
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English Script:
Michal: Hello good evening, the personal rift between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President of the United States Joe Biden reaches a new high, following the American decision to abstain in the Security Council vote regarding the ceasefire. Netanyahu accuses the United States of compromising the war effort and cancels the delegation, which was scheduled to depart, at the request of President Biden, to discuss the Rafah issue. We will shortly bring all the headlines from this political crisis and the reactions in Washington and in Israel. We would like to open with your headline, Gili Cohen, our political correspondent, with Israel and the United States already on a collision course which may impact the continuation of the fighting.
Gili Cohen: That’s exactly right, Michal and this battle between Netanyahu and Biden, and the failure to send the Israeli delegation, I’m being told by Israeli officials, not only on the diplomatic level but also on the operational level, this clash between Israel and the United States can also impact Israeli action In Rafah, the operation that Israel is planning or declares to be planning, and discussions which were planned to take place between very senior people, close to Prime Minister Netanyahu, and White House people, were supposed to deal with this exact question of how Israel may conduct the desired operational activity in Rafah. According to our sources, the fact that Israel is not sending the delegation is also delaying the action. Netanyahu is criticized by the war cabinet and by his own people, people within his government, and not only, also an American official criticizes these acts, and says tonight, that the Israeli reaction is excessive and rooted in or stems from internal political tensions within Israel. In Israel, those in Netanyahu’s close circles, respond that the Americans are backing up the Hamas, thus, supporting terror. This tension between Israel and the United States escalates this evening, and there is further disagreement between the two sides. An American official I’m speaking with describes a completely different turn of events. According to this official, Israel received an update two days ago, that the United States won’t veto, and just today, in the last minute, it was decided to make this statement by Prime Minister Netanyahu. In Israel they say that these things are not true that the prime minister’s office knew about the American vote only at the last minute.
Michal: Thank you very much. Following on this topic, we remain with the political conflict. It has now evolved into a political conflict between Netanyahu and Gantz. Michael Shemesh, our political correspondent, you report that Netanyahu did not update the war cabinet regarding the decision to cancel the departure of the delegation.
Michael Shemesh: Yes, Michal, this is a decision which cannot be taken lightly the conflict between Israel and the United States and between Netanyahu and Biden is peaking, and this last minute decision by Netanyahu not to send a delegation which was already scheduled to depart, and meant to be on its way to the United States, the decision to cancel it at the last minute is a decision by Binyamin Netanyahu, one which Netanyahu made on his own not even consulting his senior partners in the government, those who manage the war with him, Benny Gantz and the other members of the war cabinet. The only person who was probably in on this matter was Minister Ron Dermer. Gantz’s circles are very frustrated tonight, primarily due to the fact that Netanyahu manages the crises with the United States in this manner. They say, there are disputes with the United States, they can be managed, but Netanyahu chooses to manage them in a way that compromises Israel’s interests. Harsh criticism, also public by Gantz, who says tonight that the delegation to the United States should have been sent, which is what Netanyahu decided not to do at the last minute.