Trump-Netanyahu tensions: Have Israeli and US leaders clashed before?

The deal between the United States and Iran to end the US-Israel war on Iran has faced fierce opposition from Israel, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel has continued to bomb Lebanon in what appears to be a violation of the deal formally signed on Wednesday by US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian.

Trump has expressed his displeasure at the continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Netanyahu “has to be more responsible” in Lebanon, the US president said at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in France on Tuesday. “I’m not happy” with Israel’s invasion and handling of Hezbollah, he said.

On Sunday , Trump condemned Israel’s bombing of Beirut, the Lebanese capital, just moments before the deal with Iran was to be locked.

The US media have published stories based on anonymous sources of rifts between US presidents and Israeli leaders, but such reported tensions have not wavered US support for its close ally. The Trump-brokered deal to end the Gaza war, experts say, gave Israel an opportunity to deepen its occupation of the Palestinian enclave.

In fact, some of the most bitter public disputes between the US and Israeli leaders have been followed by deeper security cooperation and sustained military support for Israel.

Netanyahu was scathing in his attack on former US President Barack Obama for inking the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, but that did not stop the US administration under Obama from rewarding Israel with the biggest military aid package ($38bn) in the two countries’ history.

Here’s the charted history of clashes between the US and Israeli leaders that have shaped the bilateral relationship.

Israel has been furious at the US’s deal with Iran that mandates ending hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon.