The Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post indicated that “Interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid will receive US President Joe Biden next week, but Biden will also meet with opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu to show non-alignment of states.” USA to any side.

And the paper pointed out, “Both Lapid and Netanyahu will be looking to take advantage of Biden’s visit to influence their local audiences.” According to the newspaper, Eitan Gilboa, an expert on US-Israel relations at Bar-Ilan University, said “the visit itself is a message,” as a visit to Israel could garner support from pro-Israeli Americans.

The newspaper pointed out that the domestic problems facing President Biden seem “more pressing” than his need to interfere in Israeli politics. She suggested that Biden may have “clear preferences” about who he wants to see lead Israel, but Biden is unlikely to play a very active role in trying to influence the voting process.

Gilboa said Biden “has an interest in Netanyahu not returning to power and prefers governments that are not led by the Likud party,” noting that Biden sees left-wing and central governments as “more convenient” for American strategy and politics.

The newspaper reported that the White House sees any government led by Netanyahu as a “potential source of headache” because Biden has bad memories of Israeli-American relations when he visited the region in 2010, when he was Vice President Barack Obama.

The newspaper cited statements by former Israeli consul general in New York and Israeli-U.S. relations expert Alon Pinkas, in which he said the Biden administration’s experience with Netanyahu was “negative” and that any possible coalition Netanyahu would form would pose a “problem.” for the United States and create a state of instability. And get the Americans more involved (in Israeli affairs) that they don’t care about.”

The newspaper noted that “Biden was one of the first leaders to congratulate Lapid on taking office last week, but when President Biden took office in January 2021, it was a month before he called Netanyahu, who served as prime minister. minister at the time, and this is what analysts see as a sign of his “dislike” for Netanyahu.

And she felt that “Biden’s visit may give Lapid an opportunity to play on the world stage, but the US administration will ensure that there is no ‘overt’ support for Lapid or voices opposing Netanyahu.”