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house, in Washington, DC, February 14, 2017. (Avi Ohayon/ GPO/ File)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the decision to publicly criticize US President Joe Biden’s administration even though ministers and advisers had recommended against it, according to an Israeli television report aired Wednesday.
Channel 12 news said a clandestine meeting held before Tuesday’s video statement — which accused Washington of withholding arms shipments to Israel, calling it “inconceivable” — included National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and other officials, all of whom unequivocally objected to Netanyahu’s intention.
Though Dermer was in favor of a public confrontation after previously discussing the idea with Netanyahu, he asked the premier to wait with the criticism until he and Hanegbi meet US officials at the White House on Thursday, the network said.
Both Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi were reportedly opposed to airing the dispute publicly, instead preferring to handle matters behind closed doors over concerns a public rift with the US could benefit Hamas and Hezbollah.
The report quoted an unnamed senior Israeli official as saying that “Netanyahu made the decision against the opinion of the advisers and ministers with whom he consulted.”
The official added that the prime minister’s remarks caused “great outrage in the Biden administration,” which earlier strongly denied reports it cancelled high-level talks between American and Israeli security in protest of the video, saying the meeting had merely been moved due to a scheduling conflict
