Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz pushed back on Monday against reports that he was visiting the United States against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wishes.

Gantz, a centrist political figure and one of Netanyahu’s chief rivals, is in Washington, D.C., for meetings with senior U.S. officials, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, national security adviser Jake Sullivan, and others. He made the trip despite Netanyahu vehemently opposing him doing so.