The Israeli premier insists on speaking with US President Biden before Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visits Washington for Iran war planning
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has postponed his trip to Washington, which was scheduled for 8 October, due to opposition from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who reportedly first wants cabinet approval for a plan to attack Iran and to speak with US President Joe Biden...
The Pentagon had announced on Sunday that Gallant would visit the US to “discuss developments in the region.”
Haaretz reported on Wednesday that according to sources familiar with the matter, Netanyahu wanted the security cabinet to approve plans for an attack on Iran prior to Gallant’s departure.
Israel seeks to respond to the recent Iranian attack on its military bases...
Yedioth Ahronoth reported that “Gallant’s main goal in his trip was to project a show of power from Washington in a play to deter possible Iranian attacks against Jerusalem following a possible retaliation.”
Netanyahu also insists that Gallant not travel to Washington before Biden speaks with him by phone.
Biden had stated he would speak with Netanyahu following the missile attacks from Iran but has yet to do so.
Netanyahu has been trying unsuccessfully to reach Biden directly, an anonymous Israeli official said, while a US official denied that Biden had rejected outreach from Netanyahu, the Washington Post reported.
Seven weeks have passed since the two last spoke.
In March, Netanyahu tried to prevent Benny Gantz, a member of the war cabinet and a political rival, from traveling to Washington for talks with top US officials.
During Gallant’s last visit to Washington in June, he met with US envoy Amos Hochstein and other top US officials to discuss the war on Lebanon...
One goal of his June trip was to resolve what Jerusalem considered to be an “insufficient flow of arms from the United States to Israel,”...
“During the meetings, we made significant progress. Obstacles were removed and bottlenecks were addressed [regarding] munition supply,” Gallant said in a video statement...
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