[PghBaldy]

I am preaching to the choir here, but one does not release things like this to the media when it is an ally of the US. It is horrible behavior.

[fullchroma]

... one does not release things like this to the media when it is an ally of the US. It is horrible behavior.

Good point. I don't know who this man in the White House is but he is NOT an American.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I am preaching to the choir here, but one does not release things like this to the media when it is an ally of the US. It is horrible behavior.

The article is citing a White House press release. I agree it is horrible behavior.

[mad_as_he$$]

Looks like it was the white Hut that spilled the beans:

The statement Sunday afternoon from the White House describing a phone call between the two leaders referred to cease-fire talks led in recent days by Secretary of State John Kerry which culminated in a proposal rejected unanimously on Friday by Israel’s security Cabinet.

[okie01]

I am preaching to the choir here, but one does not release things like this to the media when it is an ally of the US. It is horrible behavior.

One is given to wonder whether the behavior is intentionally bad, meant to insult...or simply borne of ignorance about the proper conduct of foreign relations.

Bowing, kissing the ring, loose talk, inappropriate touching, gifts in bad taste, stupid proposals, ambassadors ignorant of the relevant history, politics and traditions off their host country, mislabeled re-set buttons, etc. Are they evidence of petty insult or colossal ineptitude?