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Obama’s alleged criticism of Netanyahu enlivens Israeli election
Reuters ^
| Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:45am GMT
| Dan Williams
Posted on 01/16/2013 7:18:07 AM PST by Olog-hai
Long-strained ties between Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama sprang to the fore of Israel’s election campaign on Wednesday after the U.S. president was quoted as criticizing the prime minister’s character.
Less than a week before a January 22 ballot that opinion polls predict the right-wing Netanyahu will win easily, Israeli media highlighted a U.S. commentator’s column on Obama and questioned whether the Democratic president was trying to sway the vote.
Netanyahu’s office declined comment on Tuesday’s unsourced column by Bloomberg’s Jeffrey Goldberg, which described Obama as frustrated at West Bank settlement building that has deepened Israel’s diplomatic impasse with the Palestinians. …
“Obama said privately and repeatedly, ‘Israel doesn't know what its own best interests are’,” Goldberg wrote.
The president “seems to view the prime minister as a political coward, an essentially unchallenged leader who nevertheless is unwilling to lead or spend political capital to advance the cause of compromise”, added Goldberg. …
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: caliphate; hamas; jihad; netanyahu; obama; plo; rop; twostatesolution
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01/16/2013 7:18:15 AM PST
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Olog-hai
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Obama said privately and repeatedly, ‘Israel doesn't know what its own best interests are’,” Goldberg wrote. This is ridiculous, this small man ,Obama,questioning Prime inister Netanyahu. He makes a fool of himaelf.
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If Obama isn’t impeached before four years are up, he will end up being the laughing stock of the world. Might as well retire in Kenya for all the influence he will have on the world scene.
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