US faces close but turbulent relationship with Israel

Long before he moved into the White House, President Biden compared the relationship between the United States and Israel to that of close friends. "We love each other," he said, "and we drive each other crazy."

The United States and Israel are currently in one of these 75-year-old driving phases, at the age of 75, at the time of the judiciary has become the last point of discord when he pushed the first part of his year's nuclear program on Monday, territorial claims or long-standing. links and the Palestinians. Instead, it is a strictly domestic issue inside Israel, namely the balance of power and the future of freedom in the only historical bastion of democracy in the Middle East.

Frictions between friends have complicated cooperation in other areas where the two allies have common interests. For months, Mr. Biden refused to invite Mr. Netanyahu to Washington, which prevented at least some meetings between lower-level officials. The president relented last week and agreed to meet at an undetermined date and location in the United States this year. But he then felt compelled to issue two public statements making it clear he had not changed his mind about Mr Netanyahu's desire to limit the power of the courts even as the prime minister stands trial for corruption. when growing partisanship threatened to undermine American support for Israel. The American Orthodox community whose view on substance is sympathetic or pro-reform,” he added, noting that his community leans more politically conservative, “but is nonetheless concerned about the division the process has caused. After a Liberal Democrat congresswoman called Israel a “racist state,” the House overwhelmingly passed a resolution declaring otherwise. Only a handful of Democrats boycotted last week's speech to a joint meeting of Congress by President Isaac Herzog, and most others gave him a standing ovation. United States in a profound way. "It's a bit of a mild controversy," he said. "In historical terms, this is not beginning to be seen as a US-Israel crisis." Instead, he said, "it's really a fight within the family."

The United States and Israel have had one of the most intimate partnerships in the world since the Jewish era.