Driving the news: The two sources said Bennett reiterated this message during his meetings with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Wednesday. They added that Bennett said he believes dialogue between the United States and Israel will achieve better results.

“Prime Minister Bennet told the president that regardless of policy differences he wants to work according to rules of honesty and decency,” said a senior Israeli official who attended the meeting.

Behind the scenes: In his meetings with Biden and other senior U.S. officials, Bennett explained he wants to manage the U.S.-Israel relationship like he manages the relationships within his eclectic government, which has many diverging views, and solve differences in direct private conversations and not in the media, Israeli officials said.