By Palestine Chronicle Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blocked his intelligence and security chiefs from meeting with the United States on several occasions since Oct. 7, according to media reports.
The most recent was about three weeks ago, when Netanyahu prevented Mossad leader David Barnea and Shit Bet leader Ronen Bar from meeting with the vice chairman of the U. S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Republican Senator Marco Rubio, on his stopover in Israel, according to the U. S. Department of Homeland Security. a report via the Israeli online page Walla published Sunday via the Jerusalem Post. The report cites two senior U. S. officials.
The report says Netanyahu’s resolution “not to approve holding such assemblies adds to a series of other occasions since Oct. 7 in which he has saved or attempted to save members of the U. S. Congress and senior members of Biden’s leadership from meeting with heads of government, the status quo of the defense and intelligence community.
Citing three U. S. and Israeli officials, the Axios news site reported that Netanyahu “appears to be attentive to what U. S. politicians and diplomats hear from Israel. “
This comes “at a time when his government is deeply divided over its war strategy and relations with the United States are strained. “
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During Rubio’s visit in late April, Netanyahu met with Rubio but did not allow him to meet with the heads of the security and intelligence services.
Netanyahu and Rubio reportedly declined to comment on the matter.
Axios reported that, according to an Israeli official, “only one congressional delegation that has visited Israel since Oct. 7 has met with Mossad and Shin Bet administrators, a pre-war minimum. “
News reports also reported that, according to U. S. and Israeli officials, Netanyahu tried to save Antony Blinken, the U. S. secretary of state, from a meeting with Gen. Herzi Halevi, the IDF’s staff leader, a few months ago.
“The compromise was for Halevi to sign up for an assembly between Blinken and members of the Israeli war cabinet,” Axios reported.
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One of the U. S. officials said, “There have been several such cases,” adding, “It’s clear to us that Bibi is only looking to prevent the U. S. government from obtaining data contrary to its line. “
The Walla report states that some leaders of the Israeli defense status quo “even say that Netanyahu’s decisions are motivated by considerations of political survival and not national security, and that he is absolutely dependent on the extremist members of his government, Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben. “Gvir, who want to eliminate the Palestinian Authority and occupy the Gaza Strip.
On Saturday, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant threatened to resign from the coalition government and demanded that Netanyahu extend a post-war strategy until June 8.
Gantz also reportedly said in a message to Netanyahu: “If you put the national interest before non-public interests and follow the example of Herzl, Ben-Gurion, Begin and Rabin, you will find in us partners in the struggle. But if we follow the trail of the fanatics and lead the whole country into the abyss, we will be forced to leave the government. “
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He stressed: “We will turn to each other and form a government that will win the acceptance of others. We will form a government based on broad unity that will lead to reparations and real victory.
Former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had said he would not settle for Israeli army rule in the Gaza Strip.
Israel, currently on trial before the International Court of Justice for genocide of Palestinians, has been waging a devastating war in Gaza since October 7.
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, 35,562 Palestinians were killed and 79,652 injured in the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza that began on October 7.
In addition, at least 11,000 other people are missing, presumably dead under the rubble of their homes in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian and foreign organizations say most of the dead and wounded are women and children.
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The Israeli war has led to an acute famine, mainly in northern Gaza, which has resulted in the deaths of many Palestinians, most of them children.
The Israeli aggression has also led to the forced displacement of nearly two million people from across the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of those displaced having been forced to seek refuge in the densely populated southern city of Rafah, near the border with Egypt. in what is the largest city in Palestine. A mass exodus since the Nakba of 1948.
Israel says 1,200 civilians were killed in the Al-Aqsa flooding operation on October 7. Israeli media published reports suggesting that many Israelis were killed that day by “friendly fire. “
(The Palestine Chronicle)
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