{"id":16924,"date":"2024-03-13T13:48:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T13:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/13\/biden-warned-about-meddling-in-israeli-politics-after-intel-report-says-netanyahus-leadership-in-jeopardy\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T13:48:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T13:48:14","slug":"biden-warned-about-meddling-in-israeli-politics-after-intel-report-says-netanyahus-leadership-in-jeopardy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/13\/biden-warned-about-meddling-in-israeli-politics-after-intel-report-says-netanyahus-leadership-in-jeopardy\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden warned about \u2018meddling\u2019 in Israeli politics after intel report says Netanyahu\u2019s leadership \u2018in jeopardy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An American intelligence agency released an assessment that determined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s tenure faces serious challenges, with one expert warning the report could give the appearance of trying to influence Israeli voters.<\/p>\n

\u2018We didn\u2019t need an intelligence assessment to read Israeli public opinion polls. Israel is a democracy and has a free press. The politics of Israel are on full display,\u2019 Richard Goldberg, a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a former National Security Council official, told Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018The fact that ODNI inserted this section and framed it in this manner reeks of an administration trying to meddle in Israeli democracy and put pressure on the government,\u2019 Goldberg added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)\u2019s report noted that the already prevalent \u2018lack of confidence\u2019 in Netanyahu\u2019s governance, which took a significant hit due to the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, has \u2018deepened and expanded even more than before the war, and we are witnessing large protests demanding his resignation.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018A different and more moderate government is a possible scenario,\u2019 the report stated. It also claimed Israel is expected to face increasing international pressure as a result of the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, The Jerusalem Post reported.<\/p>\n

\u2018Netanyahu\u2019s viability as leader, as well as his governing coalition of far-right and ultra-orthodox parties that pursued hardline policies on Palestinian and security issues, may be in jeopardy,\u2019 the report said.<\/p>\n

A senior Israeli official pushed back on the report, saying, \u2018Those who elect the prime minister of Israel are the citizens of Israel and no one else. Israel is not a vassal state of the U.S. but an independent and democratic country whose citizens are the ones who elect the government,\u2019 according to Axios.<\/p>\n

\u2018We expect our friends to act to overthrow the terror regime of Hamas and not the elected government in Israel,\u2019 a statement from the official sent to reporters Tuesday said, according to the Axios report.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The ODNI report further discussed that armed resistance from Hamas will likely continue for years as the IDF works to eradicate all traces of Hamas tunnels and bases of operation. But it also claimed Israel and Iran have started to adjust their actions to prevent a wider conflict between the two countries, which could prove disastrous for the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018We assess that the Iranian leadership was not involved in the planning of the October 7 attack and that it had no prior information about the attack,\u2019 the report said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yair Lapid, former Israeli prime minister and leader of the opposition, has repeatedly urged the Knesset to hold elections and select a new leader in the face of Netanyahu\u2019s failures. Lapid\u2019s Yesh Atid party filed a \u2018no confidence\u2019 motion against Netanyahu in January, but the effort failed a vote in the Knesset.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018This government cannot continue to exist. It is a failure that costs human lives and the future of the country,\u2019 Yesh Atid said after the Knesset passed a $14.5 billion budget that it argued \u2018favors unnecessary offices and coalition funds over aid to evacuees, reservists and to strengthening the sense of security.\u2019<\/p>\n

Netanyahu has found himself facing some friction with President Biden after the U.S. president was caught on a hot mic moment following the State of the Union claiming he told his Israeli counterpart, \u2018You and I are going to have a \u2018come to Jesus\u2019 moment,\u2019 referring to a moment of major realization.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At a White House press briefing Tuesday, though, it was revealed the two leaders may not have spoken in over a month. In response to a question from reporters, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan insisted the two governments \u2018have communicated throughout the month.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Let\u2019s see what happens [in Rafah]. \u2026 The issue is what happens on the ground and not what happens in the back and forth of words,\u2019 Sullivan said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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An American intelligence agency released an assessment that determined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s tenure faces serious challenges, with one expert warning the report could give the appearance of trying to influence Israeli voters. \u2018We didn\u2019t need an intelligence assessment to read Israeli public opinion polls. Israel is a democracy and has a free press. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}