Netanyahu swipes back at Gallant, justifying decision to open public spat with the US

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hits back at Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who took a swipe at the premier’s public spat with the United States while visiting the White House.

In remarks that appeared to be aimed at Netanyahu’s open accusation that Washington has been holding up arms shipments, Gallant said that “in every family — and we consider the American people our family — disagreements may arise. Yet like all families, we discuss our disagreements in-house, and remain united.”

In response, various Hebrew media outlets quote “associates” of Netanyahu as responding that “when the disagreements aren’t resolved for many weeks in private rooms, the prime minister of Israel needs to speak openly to bring what the fighters need.”