Tearing up the Israel /US rules of engagement
The row over the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh has exposed the excruciating error of Israeli strategy
A key strategy of Israel’s push-me-pull-you prime ministers, Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, has been to refrain from publicly criticising America’s policies in the Middle East.
By restricting to private discussions with US President Joe Biden and his team Israel’s profound concerns over the proposed nuclear deal with Iran, Bennett and Lapid believed tha…
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