A few days after the formation of the government, Lapid bragged in his second conversation with Anthony Blinken.
Alongside the simplistic message of "mutual respect and better (better) dialogue", there was also knowledge of a commitment to a "no surprises" policy.
We will be honest and talk at eye level, Lapid and Bennett told us, each in turn, thus promoting "different" foreign policy.
This amateurism, which Ayelet Shaked may have been referring to when she spoke of "political attacks," is also similar to what was done at the opening events in Jordan, Egypt and even Russia. A narrow, almost childish, understanding of political relations through photographs of smiles and hugs has been widely circulated as a source of political refinement. The discourse of change and healing has also found its way into the international arena. No more struggle. No more tsunamis. No speeches in Congress. The days of public opposition to US policy in the nuclear deal are over. This a priori surrender has created an equation in which, on the one hand, a US administration that demonstrates abysmal weakness in all arenas in the Middle East is eager to return to the nuclear deal - and on the other, Iran is particularly aggressive, imposing thresholds that remove all sanctions and demanding recognition A promise of peace on the part of Israel.
This week they tried to present a new misrepresentation. Suddenly a heavy media barrage was fired at us announcing a dispute with the US. A collection of briefings and overt and unnecessary information leaked to the public about a renewed military deployment. The statements are now inversely related to the likelihood of their occurrence, especially when it comes to the Bennett-to-Abbas government. It has also been reported that Bennett boycotted Rob Mali's visit.
Netanyahu did everything possible to prevent the approval of the nuclear agreement at the time. At the height of the move, which involved maximum international and intra-American pressure, the speech reached Congress. The value of the speech was not only in the sequence of fiery sentences and the image of the members of the House applauding, but in the fact that Israel spoke so emphatically against the agreement, and never gave up its independent political-security interest. In the short term, Obama had to face a congressional confrontation with me, and in the long term, the stubborn Israeli struggle brought about a political upheaval that led to the Abrahamic Accords.
Not only do Bennett's sluggish voices last week not come close to Netanyahu's policy regarding Iran, there is good reason to assume that they will remain the flute sounds alongside the tam-tam drums of the negotiations. Netanyahu's efforts against Iran, on the other hand, can be compared to those of Church. In the face of the Nazis, they both recognized the existential danger early on, both were perceived as insane and ridiculed in favor of a preference for reconciliation. From the agreement - at each of these nodes it was possible to produce a uniform national front.
Instead, there was an internal opposition that acted amateurishly on the verge of promiscuity.
It turns out that moving to a coalition today is not intertwined with the addition of political wisdom.
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