Lapid: US needs to tackle crisis with Israel behind the scenes

The United States should be dealing with the crisis with Israel behind the scenes, Finance Minister Lapid said Wednesdaym, in response to comments by US officials criticizing Benjamin Netanyahu.

"There is no one in Israel who enjoys hearing comments of that sort about the prime minister," Lapid said. "I said only a few days ago that there is a real crisis in the relations and it needs to be dealt with responsibility. Senior officials at the White House and in our government need to tackle the crisis behind the scenes because the relations between the two countries are of strategic importance and based upon a deep friendship."