Rivlin warns Netanyahu not to ‘butt heads’ with US

President Reuven Rivlin says he’s warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against butting heads with the US over Iran at the expense of Israeli interests, noting that close ties with Washington are of utmost importance to Israeli foreign policy.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) seen with President Reuven Rivlin at the opening session of the 20th Israeli parliament, held at the Knesset on March 31, 2015. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) seen with President Reuven Rivlin at the opening session of the 20th Israeli parliament, held at the Knesset on March 31, 2015. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Speaking to Haaretz in one of a battery of interviews given to the Hebrew press, Rivlin criticizes Netanyahu’s behavior, saying that “conflicts, even just ones, which in the end can come at the expense of the State of Israel, are things that we must be very cautious about and hold back on personally.”

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