It's Desperation Time for Biden

The fact that Benny Gantz has gone off to the United States to meet with Kamala Harris (!) and Jake Sullivan, and without Netanyahu's knowledge, is very upsetting. I don't like the thought of  any of these people making side-deals.

All I can think of is that this is a desperation move by Biden to extract some sort of  last-minute "ceasefire" or hostage deal that he can announce at the State of the Union speech on Thursday.  His poll numbers have dropped, with good reason, and he figures that an announcement of this kind would give him more "Palestinian" support here.

I agree with Israel's Transportation Minister Miri Regev, who says that Benny Gantz's US trip undermines Israel and Netanyahu.  And I think it also gives aid and comfort to Hamas.

Regev: Gantz acting subversively against government with US visit; The transportation minister said that she believes that US officials "see a sort of weakness in Benny Gantz."

"Transportation Minister Miri Regev attacked War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz for his trip to Washington, DC, saying that Gantz was acting 'subversively' as the only one who can make decisions is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"Regev's comments came in an interview with KAN Reshet Bet radio on Monday morning.

"Regev said that Gantz was making a 'private trip' and could not make any decisions as he does not represent the government and did not receive permission from the government or Netanyahu. She called on Gantz to 'act responsibly,' saying that the visit was 'incorrect.'

"The transportation minister added that she believed that US officials 'see a sort of weakness in Gantz' as 'they understand that [Netanyahu] is standing strong on our national interests on all things related to there not being a Palestinian state and on all things related to us not leaving Gaza and not stopping the war until we achieve the two goals of the war: destroying Hamas and bringing the hostages home.'"

Amen to that!