Posted on 02/27/2015 5:09:39 AM PST by cotton1706
Officially, the election on March 17 is among Israelis. Depending on how we vote, either Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will remain in office and form the next government led by his Likud party, or Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni will form a government.
But unofficially, a far greater electoral drama is unfolding. The choice is not between Netanyahu and Herzog/Livni. It is between Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama.
As the White House sees it, if Herzog/Livni form the next government, then Jerusalem will dance to Obama’s tune. If Netanyahu is reelected, then the entire edifice of Obama’s Middle East policy may topple and fall.
Secretary of State John Kerry made clear the administration’s desire to topple Netanyahu last spring during his remarks before the Trilateral Commission. It was during that memorable speech that Kerry libeled Israel, claiming that we would automatically and naturally become an apartheid state if we don’t give Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria to the PLO, Jew free, as quickly as possible.
Despite Israel’s venality, Kerry held out hope. In his words, “if there is a change of government [in Israel], or a change of heart, something will happen.”
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Bibi’s big advantage in his election is that Israel’s electorate can’t stand Obama.
I guess we’re going to find out how many bitter clingers there are in Israel.
There’s a lot of opposition to Netanyahu in Israel. We’ll have to see if those numbers go over the top and defeat Netanyahu. So, it’s not just Obama, but it’s a significant number of Israelis against Netanyahu.
Yes, I know. Israel has lots of people who want to ride the suicide train to oblivion.
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