Posted on 01/07/2008 2:00:42 PM PST by APRPEH
(IsraelNN.com) U.S. President George W. Bush has declined to meet with former Prime Minister and current Likud Opposition Leader MK Binyamin Netanyahu during his upcoming visit to Israel, slated to begin on Wednesday, according to the Jerusalem Post.
Sources in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s Kadima party quoted in the report offered this explanation: “At the White House, they think [Mr. Netanyahu] is a liar because of his behavior when he was prime minister.”
Outraged Likud officials accused Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of sabotaging what would normally be a routine meeting between a visiting U.S. President and an Israeli Opposition Leader, a long-established diplomatic custom.
“Given the extent to which the prime minister is willing to endanger the country to survive politically, it is not surprising that the Prime Minister’s Office is going out of its way to prevent Bibi (Netanyahu) from meeting with Bush,” said senior Likud sources.
A spokesman for Olmert stated that he was unaware of any efforts to block a meeting between Bush and Netanyahu.
Bush has no plans to meet with any politician or other officials opposed to the Annapolis process.
I agree. This is a bad move.
Very bad move.
Just another reason to support Mike Huckabee...
...who has called for a Palestinian homeland — outside of Israel’s borders, unlike the likes of Bush and Fred Thompson.
Bibi is here so much he doesn’t have to meet Bush in Israel
Could you provide a link to Fred Thompson’s proposal regarding the location of a Palestinian homeland?
Netanyahu a liar? Hardly. Netanyahu too conservative for Bush? Likely.
A GW Bush snub could potentially boost the value of Bibi in Israel should Olmert blunder later on with security issues.
Bad call by Bush
That’s spinning it a bit....:^
The puppet, GW, is doing just what the elite, One World Order, CRF, Trilateralists want him to do.
You got that one right, Digger!
Could be one of those ‘unintended consequences’ of the Bush snub to Bibi....just an angle rather than a spin. We shall see what truly is....
Netanyahu tells it like it is.
D@mn straight!
Yep, another moronic action by our fine conservative Christian president and his super duper state dept.
May God help us if the camel jocks set up across the border shooting rockets into the USA. I am sure he would ship over some more supplies and money as he has done with the Pali’s.
He makes me sick to my stomach and I voted for him four times. Never again will I settle for whatever the party puts up for a candidate.
..that's why I'm a Duncan Hunter fan....
..he can't be bought!
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