The dispute erupted late Tuesday following comments by Biden that appeared to show a lack of faith in Netanyahu’s ability to compromise on his contentious judicial overhaul plan, which has sparked months of protests and instability in Israel.
JERUSALEM — A growing rift between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Biden roiled Israel on Wednesday after a rare public spat between the two leaders.
Biden also dashed hopes in Jerusalem that Netanyahu, who just began his sixth term in office, would make the traditional trip to the White House anytime soon. “Not in the near term,” he said.“This is clear and tangible damage to the U.S.-Israel relationship, a pillar of Israel’s national security,” Israeli former diplomat Alon Pinkas wrote in the Haaretz newspaper Wednesday. “As long as he is Israel’s prime minister, things are likely to deteriorate.
Hard-line members of Netanyahu’s governing coalition were even more defiant, accusing Biden of meddling in Israel’s domestic affairs. One minister from Netanyahu’s Likud party posted that Biden had been duped by “fake news” before deleting the tweet. Former Army Chief of Staff and opposition leader Benny Gantz, who is rapidly rising in the polls as a rival to Netanyahu, thanked Biden for delivering “an urgent wake-up call to the Israeli government,” and implored Netanyahu to rein in the judicial overhaul.
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