The fact that Israeli Minister Gantz is received by Kamala Harris at the White House instead of the head of government triggers diplomatic upheavals – and makes the intra-Israeli rivalry between the politicians very clearly visible.
Joe Biden was out of town when Benny Gantz came to the White House on Monday. Otherwise everything would have become even more complicated. The US President will only return on Tuesday from the weekend camp at Camp David, where his State of the Union address to Congress on Thursday was prepared. The “State of the Union” will probably also be about the Middle East; according to reports, Biden had a book about unresolved conflicts with him. And one can assume that he wanted to discreetly keep his distance from his official residence, where his Vice President Kamala Harris received the guest from Israel.