Netanyahu or Bennett? The quiet battle inside the White House

Netanyahu or Bennett? The quiet battle inside the White House

On Mar and on a-Lago There was one moment in the Knesset speech on the day the war ended that particularly troubled Likud. It happened when the president spontaneously praised Yair Lapid. "He's a nice guy," he said to Netanyahu — and then jabbed the prime minister: "You don't need to be so tough now that the war is over." Was this a hint that the president intends, God forbid, to adopt neutrality in the upcoming election campaign? There are prec…

AMIT SEGAL: Split in the White House, Netanyahu or Bennett?

On one side are Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner; on the other, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ambassador Mike Huckabee. Beneath the surface, the US administration is far from united on Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future. There was one moment in Benjamin Netanyahu’s Knesset speech marking the end of the war that unsettled Likud officials. President Donald Trump unexpectedly praised Yair Lapid, calling him “a nice guy,” before gently needli…