For President Joe Biden, with Benjamin Netanyahu likely out, Israel's next prime minister Naftali Bennett might pose a fresh geopolitical headache
An Israeli protester wears a mask of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a T-shirt with a slogan reading in Hebrew:"the ceremony is over" during a demonstration in support of the opposition for the formation of a government, on May 31, 2021 in Tel Aviv.a decadeslong personal relationship"There's a kind of devil-you-know dynamic," said Khaled Elgindy, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, a Washington-based think tank.
Bennett and Lapid have agreed not to pursue contentious policies that could split their fragile, multiparty alliance. They said they plan to focus mostly on domestic priorities. An election campaign billboard promotes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with President Donald Trump in Tel Aviv on Sept 15, 2019. In Hebrew, the billboard reads,"Netanyahu, in another league."
One major flashpoint: the Biden administration's decision to revive the Iran nuclear deal, which Israel opposes. Under that agreement, Tehran agreed to limit its nuclear enrichment activities and submit to international inspections in exchange for sweeping sanctions relief.SUBSCRIBE:And while Bennett and Lapid will try to "freeze" the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Sachs notes that "reality might unfreeze the situation – as we just saw this last month in the worst way.
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