Why did the tensions between Netanyahu and Biden intensify?
Although “Benyamin Netanyahu” was forced to postpone the plan to complete his judicial reforms in response to the intensification of the depth and scope of the protests in the occupied territories, but the recent positions of “Joe Biden” of the US President regarding the need for Netanyahu to pass this plan and close its case Forever, it has led to the wrath of the Zionist Prime Minister from the White House.
Netanyahu reacted sharply to Biden’s statements and claimed; Israel does not proceed with its decisions based on external pressures, even if these pressures come from Israel’s best friends (an allusion to America)!
Although some analysts believed that after Netanyahu’s initial withdrawal from his controversial reforms, the US government would send a positive signal to Tel Aviv, but there was no news of this behavior.
With the height of the political crisis and demonstrations in occupied Palestine, the White House initially asked Netanyahu to compromise with the opposition, but Biden’s recent statements in response to reporters went beyond the White House’s initial stance.
In this regard, there are two basic points:
First; Biden believes that due to the remaining large amount of dissatisfaction against Netanyahu and the continued negative stance of some politicians who oppose Netanyahu against him and his coalition cabinet, sending positive signals to the controversial Prime Minister of the Zionist regime will not have positive consequences for Washington.
Beyond that, Netanyahu intends to bring up the issue of judicial reforms again in the coming months and he is also emphasizing on this issue. In such a situation, Biden’s advisers have advised him to immediately choose the option of “absolute withdrawal from judicial reforms” as a make a basic demand from Netanyahu and not be satisfied with his temporary withdrawal.
People like Yair Lapid, the former prime minister of the Zionist regime, and Benny Gantz, one of Netanyahu’s political opponents, have asked the American Democrats for this.
Second; Biden is still distrustful of Netanyahu, because Democrats believe that regardless of what is happening in occupied Palestine, Netanyahu’s survival in power due to his closer ties with the rival party will widen the scope and power of the Republicans’ electoral maneuver in 2024.
In such a situation, the best option for Biden is to remove Netanyahu from power, and it is even possible that the Democrats will use the divisions that have arisen among the members of the Likud party, especially after the dismissal of the Minister of War by Netanyahu, and put the disintegration of the cabinet as a short-term goal on the agenda. .
Polls in the occupied territories also show that in case of holding early elections, which is considered a red line for Netanyahu and his cabinet members, his rival coalition can win most of the Knesset seats.
according to this; Netanyahu does not have much maneuvering power against Biden at the moment because the internal protests have severely weakened his position, but still, while emphasizing the implementation of fundamental judicial reforms through broad consensus, he said: “I have known Biden for more than 40 years. And I appreciate his long-standing commitment to Israel.”
