It seems to me that at least in our time, this is unprecedented: On the morning of Aug. 14, Israel time, the US administration leaked to a reporter from the Wall Street Journal that the White House had put a hold on the delivery of Hellfire missiles for Apache helicopters during the Operation Protective Edge fighting.

According to the leak, the White House instructed the military to consult it before making any weaponry or ammunition shipments to Israel, because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team are “reckless and untrustworthy.” The Americans further said that Netanyahu was maneuvering between Congress and the White House and that he seriously undercut Secretary of State John Kerry and US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro through “malicious” leaks. In response, senior Israeli diplomatic officials called the Obama administration “weak and naïve.”

Firstly, it should be noted that both sides are right. The problem is that one side is wholly dependent on the other. Israel behaves as though it is the superpower and the United States is the protectorate needing its handouts. Netanyahu embarked on such an adventure during his first term, when then-President Bill Clinton asked his advisers after meeting with the young Bibi in 1996, "Who the fuck does he think he is? Who's the fucking superpower here?"

This time, it is much less funny. It seems to me that the relations between Israel and its biggest and most important ally are at an all-time low. Trust has long been shattered, as has intimacy. Suspicion is breaking new records. In closed forums, both sides are saying unspeakable things about their counterparts across the ocean. The quotes that leak out to the media are tame, paling in comparison to what is really being said.