Lapid: Pro-Israel Trump is ‘fed up’ with Netanyahu, ‘wants results,’ cut hostage deal only for US citizen

US President Donald Trump is “fed up” with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and is no longer coordinating with him on actions that directly impact Israel’s interests, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid charges.

Monday’s imminent expected release of hostage Edan Alexander is gratifying but also “heartbreaking” since he is being released because he is an American citizen as well as an Israel one, in negotiations conducted by the American administration, Lapid tells reporters during his Yesh Atid party’s weekly faction meeting in the Knesset.

This represents “a diplomatic failure with consequences that endanger the security and well-being of the entire State of Israel,” Lapid declares.

“This alliance is the greatest strategic asset that the State of Israel has,” but while the Trump administration praises the Netanyahu government publicly, the “Americans are fed up with Netanyahu,” Lapid asserts.

“The Trump administration is operating today without coordination and without listening to Netanyahu. They have reached a ceasefire with the Houthis in Yemen behind his back, are conducting dangerous negotiations with the Iranians, are promoting a Saudi nuclear program, and are making a hostage deal only for their own citizens,” he says. “There has never been anything like this.”

Adds Lapid: “Trump is a pro-Israel president. He loves Israel, but he hates dragging his feet, and postponements and delays, and hesitation, and lies. He is not interested in Netanyahu’s problems with [far-right coalition party leaders Bezalel] Smotrich and [Itamar] Ben Gvir. He wants results. He wants a ceasefire in Gaza, he wants a big hostage deal, he wants regional agreements that will help the American economy. Netanyahu does not know how to give him that. Not with this government.”