Posted on 04/18/2016 8:02:26 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged “overwhelming frustration” with Israel’s government on Monday and said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration has led Israel in the wrong direction, in an unusually sharp rebuke of America’s closest ally in the Middle East.
Biden, in a speech to the advocacy group J Street, offered a grim outlook for peace efforts, reflecting dim hopes for progress during the remainder of the Obama administration. Although he said both Israelis and Palestinians shared blame for undermining trust and shirking responsibility, he was emphatic in his critique of Netanyahu’s government, suggested his approach raised “profound questions” about how Israel could remain both Jewish and democratic.
“I firmly believe that the actions that Israel’s government has taken over the past the past several years — the steady and systematic expansion of settlements, the legalization of outposts, land seizures — they’re moving us and more importantly they’re moving Israel in the wrong direction,” Biden said. …
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Obama said he picked Mr. Biden as “job insurance” for Obama
It’s so selfish of the Israelis to not commit suicide.
Obama is going to Saudi Arabia this week. Joe is just setting the table for Obama in Riyadh.
Was this before or after the news of the bus bombing? J Street is a vile group BTW.
FUJB
If øbama and biden are pissed about something, then it’s a certainty that their opposite is the true direction.
Hmmm seems like anti-Semitism is all the rage these days-
Due to the extremely close ties that really exists between Israel and America (despite Obama’s efforts to derail them) Israel is still the only US ally that actually listens to Obama and Kerry. All of the rest of America’s allies blew her off ages ago...
Bided must be used to seeing Western nations crumble at the feet of the hoards.
Leftist hate Israel.
"Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged 'overwhelming frustration' with Israel’s government on Monday and said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration has led Israel in the wrong direction..."
Someone should tell Psycho Joe 1)Israel is a sovereign nation, 2) the US Oministration has no right or authority to tell Israel what is "right" and what is "wrong," and 3) STFU & ESAD.
Roman Emperor Obunger's (diplomatic for now) Golan offensive will ultimately fail.
The Secretary General job looks more likely.
sex change operation require recovery time.
Both the current oligarchy in the white house and islamists worldwide are frustrated that the joos won’t just go along with their planned extermination.
Shocking that these Anti-Christians would be so anti-Semitic!
Is this an outdated term? Doesn't Israel have the right to develop its own land as its population grows?
-PJ
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Sorry Mr. Biden that we’re harder to kill than you like.
More able men than you have tried and failed.
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