Benjamin Netanyahu

Pales­tini­ans, Is­raeli op­po­si­tion wor­ry about for­ma­tion of armed force di­rect­ly un­der the far-right min­is­ter’s con­trol.

The Is­raeli prime min­is­ter and his de­fence chief vis­it­ed sol­diers to­geth­er lat­er on Mon­day in lat­est sign of thaw.

Wash­ing­ton’s crit­i­cism of Is­rael not about Pales­tini­ans but can lead to ques­tion­ing of US-Is­rael ties, an­a­lysts say.