An Israeli senior diplomatic source commented on Thomas Friedman's column in the New York Times, which claims that the US is "reassessing" its relationship with Israel, and says that he does not know of any intention to do any such reassessment.
The source emphasized that even if such a move were made, it would not be unprecedented: "The Ford administration announced a reassessment with the Rabin government, the Reagan administration did so with the Begin government, Bush Sr.'s administration did so with the Shamir government, and Bush Jr. did so with the Barak and Sharon governments."
He added: "It's no secret that we have disagreements with the American administration regarding the creation of a Palestinian state, returning to the dangerous Iran nuclear deal, and Prime Minister Netanyahu's stance against the American 'no surprizes' policy regarding Israeli action against Iran.
Despite these periodic 'reassessments' and the disagreements over the years, the relationship between Israel and the US got stronger over decades and reached the all-time pinnacle of security cooperation under Prime Minister Netanyahu's leadership. Prime Minister Netanyahu will ensure that this trend continues."
Earlier Wednesday, NYT columnist Thomas Friedman published an article in which he attacked the current Israeli government and predicted that during their upcoming meeting, President Biden will tell Israeli President Herzog that "when the interests and values of a US government and an Israeli government diverge this much, a reassessment of the relationship is inevitable."
Friedman clarified that the reassessment would not affect the military and intelligence cooperation between the two but would only reassess the continued support for Israel in international organizations.
"Such a reassessment based on US interests and values would be some tough love for Israel but a real necessity before it truly does go off the rails," Friedman wrote. "That Biden is prepared to get in Netanyahu’s face before America’s 2024 election suggests that our president believes he has the support not only of most Americans for this but of most American Jews and even most Israeli Jews. He is right on all three counts.