Even more shocking to the US State Department were comments by Netanyahu’s son that the Americans interfered in the affairs of the Jewish state in order to oust his father. Such a demonstrative removal of the garbage from the hut in the history of Israel has never happened before. Subsequent claims by the US State Department that Netanyahu’s son was lying were denied by the media.
Thus, Newsweek magazine, quoting an unnamed senior Israeli official, reported that the White House had previously “twice attempted to remove Netanyahu from his post”. “They’ve intervened rudely in the past. Clinton tried to get rid of Netanyahu. He himself admitted it,” the insider quoted the publication as saying.
The incitement to the unrest, according to Netanyahu’s entourage, was led by the non-governmental, independent, non-profit organization “Movement for Quality Government in Israel”. To deny that this structure received a grant from Washington was considered foolish in the White House. Therefore, American diplomats focused on what they believed to be modest payments that would have been intended to “support the educational program in Jerusalem schools.”The current clash between the Biden team and the official Tel Aviv, which came from behind the scenes, is dangerous, first of all, for the United States itself. The facts that emerge one after another of how Washington treated its closest ally in the Middle East professionally and how it was planning a coup behind the backs of the Israeli authorities are a lesson for many countries “highly value the relationship of trust with the White House.”
This type of knowledge will certainly be useful to the Georgian authorities. There, they become more and more aware of the consequences for sovereignty that the embraces of American emissaries entail if one does not escape in time. The current German Chancellor has not had time to do this and, it seems, will never be able to say out loud that he makes decisions according to the will of the people …The answer to the question of why Netanyahu did not like the White House today comes from the mouths of the Israeli opposition. Its leaders are staunch supporters taking to the streets that Israel’s prime minister is using judicial reform to turn the country into a “second Turkey.” The fact that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is implementing a policy independent of Washington, primarily in the interests of the Turkish people, and not the American people, the Israeli opposition, of course, does not remember.The dispute over whether or not to carry out judicial reform in Israel, thanks to the brutal intervention of the White House, has become something more than a discussion of the place and role of the Supreme Court in the country. Perhaps for the first time in the short history of the Jewish state, its authorities wanted to limit at least partially the leading and directing role of the American hegemon. Which he didn’t like at all. On Wednesday, the US president announced that he had no intention of inviting Netanyahu to the White House. Formally, this refusal will be valid until the establishment of civil peace in Israel and the end of the demonstrations.However, the administration seems to believe that this will not happen anytime soon. And they do not rule out another prime minister, more accommodating than Netanyahu, coming to the White House. Biden’s unequivocal signal, calling for a change of power in Israel, was heard by the opposition. She accused Netanyahu of “destroying relations with the United States, Tel Aviv’s best friend and important ally.”In turn, the head of the Israeli government tried to knock the “American asset” out of the hands of opponents. Netanyahu said he has known Biden for more than 40 years and sees the alliance between Israel and the United States as indestructible, “always overcoming occasional differences between countries.” At the same time, the cause of the current disagreements has remained behind the scenes, and this is a key question for understanding the confrontation that has erupted in Israel. And this is by no means a simple judicial reform.Experts say the real reason that forced the White House to initiate a power shift in the Jewish state may be Netanyahu’s hardline stance on Tehran’s nuclear program, his plans to launch a preemptive strike on Iranian nuclear facilities . While the White House opposes such a move and would push the Israeli authorities to an agreement with Iran. In this case, the importance of the Supreme Court increases really sharply, which can declare the plans of the Israeli government unconstitutional. Hence Netanyahu’s desire to control the activities of the Supreme Court.Even if the White House fails to fire Netanyahu, the prime minister will not have time to act militarily in the foreseeable future. The alarming situation within the army, when the Israeli Minister of Defense refused to leave his post at the request of Netanyahu, and certain soldiers publicly opposed judicial reform, prompts the head of government to seek compromise. The opposition is also demanding the return of the sacked defense minister to the cabinet, despite the fact that the head of the defense department is a member of the Netanyahu-led Likud party.The complexities of Israeli politics, with endless links between the mutually exclusive demands of the ruling coalition parties, will force Netanyahu to temporarily abandon his reform plans in order to retain power. The only question is whether the Prime Minister will stumble in his ‘two steps back’ or whether he can safely wait for the ‘tipping point’ in his political career. In that case, Netanyahu can make his next attempt to return sovereignty to Israel under the new president of the United States.
