Opposition Leader Yair Lapid accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of neglecting Israel’s ties with the US Democratic Party, asserting the premier has focused on cultivating relations with wealthy Republicans for personal reasons.
Lapid says whether US President Donald Trump or Democratic challenger Joe Biden wins the election, Israel will have a good friend in the White House.
“I have good relations with Republicans, but unlike Netanyahu, during the years I have taken care to maintain working relations and friendships also with the Democratic leadership in the Senate and in Congress,” Lapid writes on his Twitter account.
He adds: “Netanyahu knows this, but like always, what interests him is only personal interest. Only public relations. Only ties with billionaire Republicans. On this matter too, something happened to [Netanyahu]. It’s time for a new generation of leaders.”
Netanyahu has developed close relations with Trump since he won the US elections in 2016 and had a frosty relationship with the incumbent’s predecessor in the White House, Barack Obama.
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