In a ‘plot twist’, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be heading into an election this fall without his main prop: President Trump.

WASHINGTON — President Trump claimed in an interview released Friday that he has to keep Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “a little bit sane” while insisting they still have a “good” relationship.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the conflicts in Iran and Lebanon, the prospects for a peace deal, and the relationship between the U.S. and Israel.

“Prime Minister Netanyahu needs to tell Trump ‘enough,’” the conservative Likud Party politician Moshe Saada said. “I am bound to defend Israelis, and withdrawing from Lebanon right now poses an existential threat to Israel. Duty demands that we strike Lebanon everywhere, around the clock, with maximum force and with no proportionality.”

The G7 summit in Evian, France, put flaring tensions between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on full display as the U.S. rapidly advances to end the war in Iran. Trump and Netanyahu jointly launched the Feb.

The president reportedly swore at the Israeli prime minister over his country’s escalating attacks in Lebanon.

Israel has largely distanced itself from the agreement — with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defiantly insisting that Israeli troops will remain inside Lebanese territories “for as long as necessary”.

For first time in over 2 years, US president brings up purported last-minute Israeli abandonment of op to kill Soleimani, as Jerusalem's policy in Lebanon risks torpedoing MOU with Iran The post Trump rehashes old grudge with Netanyahu as space for GOP criticism of Israel expands appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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