MK Hotovely: Ya'alon Shouldn't Have Apologized to Kerry

Arutz Sheva ^ | 15/1/14 | Tova Dvorin

[Eleutheria5]

Deputy Transportation Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) fired back at US pressure Wednesday, maintaining that there should have been no need for Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon to apologize for his harsh criticism of US Secretary of State John Kerry, in which Ya'alon referred to Kerry as "obsessive and messianic"...

"I congratulate the Defense Minister on his courage; what he said was right." Hotovely stated, in an interview with Arutz Sheva. "The American stance is disconnected from the reality of the situation in the Middle East. They are trying to force a solution on us which is unacceptable to most members of the [ruling party] Likud."

Hotovely notes what many Israelis feel: that it is inconceivable that one sovereign state should be subject to the whims of another state.

"There is a blatant attempt here to bind Israel, a sovereign country, to foreign considerations and interests," Hotovely explained. "Moshe Ya'alon stands up for our own interests - and that is exactly his job."

"An apology was uncalled for, because the [criticism was spoken] in private conversations," she continued. Hotovely noted that the case bears similarities to the in 2011 incident in which then French President Nicholas Sarkozy criticized Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

"[Sarkozy] did not apologize. What they are asking here is not an apology, but a fundamental change in principles"; namely, Israel's defending its right to defend itself she said.

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The US responded with shock Tuesday, calling the remarks "offensive" and "inappropriate." Ya'alon responded Tuesday to the US with more criticism, stating that the US knows that the source of instability in the Middle East is not the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"Some things cannot be solved in one [day]," Ya'alon stated, addressing US efforts....

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Ya'alon later apologized for the remarks...

[Eleutheria5]

Oh, yes. He should have apologized, only in these words:

I'm sorry you're messianic and obsessive. I'm sorry you are trying to intimidate us. I'm sorry you're an idiot, and that your mother should get a refund from the doctor that delivered you. I'm also sorry we let you in the country even once. Please forgive me, Israelis, for even dealing with this walking pile of Botox.

[AU72]

The way the Administration reacted to the remarks was way over the top and Israel walked it back to keep the lid on.

They may have bigger fish frying (Iran action) to keep Obama from escalating against them at this time.

[Alex Murphy]

Deputy Transportation Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) fired back at US pressure Wednesday, maintaining that there should have been no need for Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon to apologize for his harsh criticism of US Secretary of State John Kerry, in which Ya'alon referred to Kerry as "obsessive and messianic"...

"I congratulate the Defense Minister on his courage; what he said was right." Hotovely stated, in an interview with Arutz Sheva. "The American stance is disconnected from the reality of the situation in the Middle East. They are trying to force a solution on us which is unacceptable to most members of the [ruling party] Likud...."

"...and besides, Kerry didn't give us any potatoes"

[Eleutheria5]

Potatoes? I don’t get the reference.

[Alex Murphy]

Potatoes? I don’t get the reference.

Monday's news:

Kerry Presents Russian Counterpart with a Pair of Potatoes

At their joint press conference, a confused Russian reporter asked about the gift. “It is a symbolic gift? What does it mean?” ....“With respect to the potatoes, I really want to clarify: There’s no hidden meaning,” he later said. “There’s no metaphor. There’s no symbolic anything. We were having a good conversation in the course of the Christmas break over the subject of Idaho, which was where I was at the time, and he recalled the Idaho potatoes as being something that he knew of, so I thought I would surprise him and bring him some good Idaho potatoes. And that’s the full symbol of the whole thing.”

[faithhopecharity]

a brilliant move in international diplomacy by JKerry,
giving Russia 69 cents worth of stale potatoes

this is really, REALLY going to impress the Heirs to the Tsars with America and the depth of our great love for them

at least as smart as Hillary’s giving the Russians a broken plastic button

(don’t hold your breath waiting for any rare diamond-and-jewel-encrusted Faberge eggs as return gifts....)

[CitizenUSA]

“I’m sorry you’re messianic and obsessive. I’m sorry you are trying to intimidate us. I’m sorry you’re an idiot, and that your mother should get a refund from the doctor that delivered you. I’m also sorry we let you in the country even once. Please forgive me, Israelis, for even dealing with this walking pile of Botox.”

Excellent! That’s exactly how the left “apologies” when they’re caught in something wrong. “I’m sorry you misunderstood my intent!” That’s exactly how they apologize. It’s like when they say, “I accept full responsibility” when they have zero intention of paying any price whatsoever for their mistakes.

[Eleutheria5]

You mean their words were taken out of context, but they’re being really big and humble, and apologizing if anyone decided to be offended? Oh, yeah. All the freakin’ time, I hear that non-apology.