By Athena Papakosta

A few 24 hours ago it was announced that his Minister of Defense IsraelYoav Galland, would travel to the United States of America to meet with his American counterpart, Lloyd Austin today, Wednesday.

However, yesterday, Tuesday, it became known that the meeting of the two will not take place. It remains unclear whether it was canceled or postponed. However, it is considered certain that the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahuvetoed…

In particular, as reported by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the Israeli Prime Minister forbade Defense Minister Gallant to go to Washington, if he had not first spoken on the phone with the President of the United States, Joe Biden. As well-informed sources note in the same publication, Mr. Netanyahu also wished that the Israeli cabinet had already approved Israeli military operations against Iran.

According to the website Axios, citing three well-informed sources, joe biden is expected to have a phone call with benjamin netanyahu in the next few hours about israel’s plans to hit iran.

Yesterday Tuesday, Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Galand postponed his trip to Washington. Israeli media reported that Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered his minister to postpone the visit. Netanyahu first wanted to speak by phone with US President Joe Biden and the Israeli government to approve retaliation for Iran’s October 1 missile attack on Israel.

According to the Pentagon – which confirmed that the Gallant-Austin meeting will not take place today after all – the initiative for this four-four had been taken by the Israeli side. It remains unclear whether the two defense ministers have spoken on the phone, while Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has not commented.

According to analysts, this sudden change of plans also reveals the troubled relations between Israel and the United States.

American President Biden has already publicly expressed his opposition to Israel hitting Iran’s nuclear or oil infrastructure. At the same time, Washington has not hidden its concern about how Tel Aviv will ultimately choose to respond to Tehran’s retaliation against Israel.

And while it remains to be seen how the Israeli political and military leadership will decide to respond to Iran, it also remains to be seen how the United States will react if Israel chooses to do something with which it does not agree.

US Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said Washington was in touch with the Israelis about that “response”, but made it clear she would not “speculate on what form it might take”.

For his part, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, correctly calculates that Washington will stand by his country and defend it militarily. However, at the current moment with Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip weakened, Israel’s prime minister believes now is the best opportunity for Tel Aviv to deliver a game-changing blow against Iran in the Middle East. East.