‘Tolerating the Netanyahu two-step’: Why White House can live with Israel rejecting its peace plan

August 12, 2026

Politico: “We recognize the complexities that come from the Israeli elections, and we’re obviously going to give Bibi a space to try and navigate that,” the official said. But in turn, “they need to give us a little bit of space in terms of no targeted killings in order to allow us to try to get to the next phase, so there’s a lot more challenges to go to get there.”…