A recent CIA assessment suggests Israeli PM Netanyahu likely believes he can avoid defining a post-war plan for Gaza, defying pressure from the Biden administration and members of his own government. The report indicates Netanyahu will only seriously engage after meeting vague security benchmarks, which could take months.
It highlights divisions within Israel over Gaza's future governance and reconstruction, enabling Netanyahu's continued defiance amid the lack of consensus among his political rivals.
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It highlights divisions within Israel over Gaza's future governance and reconstruction, enabling Netanyahu's continued defiance amid the lack of consensus among his political rivals.
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00:00 Forced or deliberate? Netanyahu overlooks Biden's post-war plan.
00:13 What the CIA report states about the Netanyahu-Biden rift?
00:21 A recently circulated CIA assessment among U.S. officials suggests that Israeli Prime
00:25 Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likely believes that he can avoid defining a post-war plan
00:30 for Gaza, even as the Biden administration intensifies efforts to pressure him to end
00:37 the war.
00:38 The June 3 report, reviewed by American media, states that Netanyahu probably believes that
00:43 he can maintain support from his security chief and prevent defection from the right
00:49 wing of his coalition by discussing Gaza's future in vague terms.
00:55 This assessment represents one of the most up-to-date intelligence evaluations of Netanyahu's
01:00 mindset shared by U.S. officials, highlighting a shift in how Biden's administration views
01:07 Israel less as a trusted partner and more as an unpredictable foreign government to
01:13 be analyzed.
01:15 The report also underscores how the Israeli leader is defying pressure from members of
01:19 his government and the U.S. to define an end state of Gaza.
01:24 It warns that Netanyahu will likely only seriously engage on post-war issues after meeting security
01:30 benchmarks which can take months and include eliminating Hamas military commander Mohamed
01:36 Daif.
01:37 This assessment also aligns with the recent reporting that senior Biden officials, including
01:41 CIA Director Bill Burns, are meeting with key mediators between Israel and Hamas amid
01:47 the tense negotiations.
01:49 Burns has been the primary U.S. negotiator on a potential agreement proposed by Israel,
01:55 which the U.S. characterizes as waiting for Hamas' approval, and the officials have long
02:00 acknowledged the difficulty in reaching this agreement.
02:03 The relation between Netanyahu and Biden, on whom Biden once claimed to be love, has
02:08 become increasingly strained as civilian deaths in Gaza mount from Israel's bombing campaign.
02:14 Biden and other U.S. officials have grown more critical of Netanyahu publicly.
02:19 Initially reluctant to discuss the Israeli politics openly, the Biden administration
02:24 has recently inched closer to frank assessment of Netanyahu's motivations.
02:29 In March, the U.S. intelligence publicly stated that Netanyahu's viability as a leader is
02:34 in jeopardy due to public distrust and predicted protests demanding his resignation.
02:40 All in all, Netanyahu is facing domestic reckoning over intelligence failures leading to Hamas'
02:45 attack on October 7.
02:48 He also faces division from his government, with right-wing officials pushing to continue
02:52 fighting despite Biden's pressure to wrap up the war.
02:55 The CIA assessment highlights the lack of consensus between Israel and U.S. on a postwar
03:01 plan for Gaza, illustrating the coalition government's deep division over critical issues
03:06 like governance, security and reconstruction.
03:09 And so, this disunity among Netanyahu's political rivals may enable his continued defiance to
03:15 pressure and define a postwar plan.
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