(Haaretz).Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin for the first time in a few weeks, after the two former allies fell out over several bills Netanyahu wanted to submit to the Knesset.
The two were supposed to meet last week, but Netanyahu cancelled the meeting allegedly due to his imminent trip to Europe. Likud sources, however, said that the meeting was cancelled since Netanyahu was annoyed that Rivlin had postponed the vote on several bills proposed by the coalition, to which Rivlin was opposed since he saw them as strengthening the executive at the expense of the legislative.
The sources also said that the formerly cordial relationship between the two has suffered a destructive blow to the extent that they have not exchanged a word over the past few weeks. It is believed that Netanyahu's policy speech two weeks ago, in which he endorsed the two-state solution, let Rivlin down.
It is believed Netanyahu and Rivlin will try to re-establish their relationship.
