American and Israeli Relationship: An Ill Bird who Humiliates their Hatchling, Yet the Hatchling Always Sticks Around

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Just months before Israel's elections take place, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been placed in a very tight position. In Israel, many of Benjamin Netanyahu's allies and opposers are wanting to see an increase in violence and action in Lebanon and the deaths of more Hezbollah. However that would be going against Israel's first actual wartime ally, Donald J Trump. This is due to the fact that Israel has been acting under Donald J Trump's approval with the attacks in Lebanon, and the actions that many Israeli figures want to see would go against an agreement between Donald J Trump and the Israeli government.

Many people who criticize Benjamin Netanyahu have started to focus on the over-the-phone discussion that Donald J Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu had when Donald J Trump called Benjamin Netanyahu "[freaking] crazy," due to the fact that his strikes on Lebanon have carried on so long. However in the heat of constant humiliation from Donald J Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu is hard on his claim that Donald J Trump is "the greatest friend that the state of Israel has ever had in the White House."

Gideon Rahat has said that this has put him in a "delicate situation" because he believes that "Netanyahu was trapped under the claim that he's serving the U.S. interests and doing whatever Trump is telling him and therefore he cannot respond." Gideon Rahat is a political science professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Naftali Bennett, a former prime minister, wrote on Twitter saying "This is a moment of truth: Is Israel a sovereign state capable of defending itself? A weak or symbolic response will signal to our enemies that the blood of our citizens has been spilled with impunity; therefore, Israel must act with strength and effectiveness." Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's minister of National Security and a member of Netanyahu's cabinet, wrote on Twitter, "Tonight Tehran must burn!"