Geneva Initiative Director Baltiansky: No real crisis in Biden-Bennett relations

On Israel with Ben Caspit, an Al-Monitor podcast

English - November 01, 2021 07:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB
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Ben Caspit speaks this week with Geneva Initiative-Israel Director General Gadi Baltiansky. Commenting on the recent decision by Israeli authorities to advance construction of homes in West Bank settlements, Baltiansky says that "the Americans don’t want a confrontation with the Israeli government, and vice-versa. The US administration still senses relief over [former Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu being out of the game, and they know that the Bennet-Lapid government is the only alternative." For Baltiansky, as long as there are no dramatic steps on the ground, the Americans won’t engage seriously and deeply with this issue.

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