Despite US Secretary of State Antony
Blinken's public schedule saying he was set to meet IDF Chief of Staff
Herzi Halevi for a private meeting, the Prime Minister's Office made it
clear that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be present as well.
On Tuesday Israel Hayom reported
on Blinken making the unusual request to be briefed by Halevi
one-on-one rather than as part of a meeting with the War Cabinet.
An official told Israel Hayom
that a meeting between a foreign minister and a military official
without a civilian official present was not common practice in
international relations and therefore Netanyahu's office refused to
approve a private meeting between Blinken and the chief of staff.
"Israel is not a banana republic," the official said.
Israeli army chief Herzi Halevi
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