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MohRokTah

(15,429 posts) Fri Feb 6, 2015, 11:03 AM Feb 2015

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Israeli Official Now Suggests Boehner Misled Netanyahu On Speech

They're excuses are coming so fast and their story is changing so much one can only conclude the Israeli diplomatic mission is made up of nothing more than lying liars:

Israeli Official Now Suggests Boehner Misled Netanyahu On Speech

A senior Israeli official is now implying that House Speaker John Boehner led Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to believe that his invitation for the prime minister to speak before Congress in March was bipartisan, according to Reuters.

"It appears that the speaker of Congress made a move, in which we trusted, but which it ultimately became clear was a one sided move and not a move by both sides," Deputy Israeli Foreign Minister Tzachi Hanegbi said Friday on a Tel Aviv radio program, per the news outlet.

Then, via Reuters:

The interviewer asked if that meant Netanyahu had been "misled" into believing Boehner's invitation was bipartisan, a characterization Hanegbi did not contest.

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Israeli Official Now Suggests Boehner Misled Netanyahu On Speech (Original Post) MohRokTah Feb 2015 OP

And everybody's aaaaaaaaaallllllll covered up in stinky flop-sweat hatrack Feb 2015 #1

Wouldn't it be better if Boehner just went to Israel and talked to Knesset there? world wide wally Feb 2015 #2

LOL! Segami Feb 2015 #3

Good..now cancel it. trumad Feb 2015 #4

omg.. If Bibi backs out!. . annabanana Feb 2015 #5

hatrack

(59,587 posts)

1. And everybody's aaaaaaaaaallllllll covered up in stinky flop-sweat

Reply to MohRokTah (Original post)

Fri Feb 6, 2015, 11:06 AM

Feb 2015

I'm loving it!!

world wide wally

(21,744 posts)

2. Wouldn't it be better if Boehner just went to Israel and talked to Knesset there?

Reply to MohRokTah (Original post)

Fri Feb 6, 2015, 11:31 AM

Feb 2015

Segami

(14,923 posts)

3. LOL!

Reply to MohRokTah (Original post)

Fri Feb 6, 2015, 01:20 PM

Feb 2015

Ball's in your court now Boehner....

trumad

(41,692 posts)

4. Good..now cancel it.

Reply to MohRokTah (Original post)

Fri Feb 6, 2015, 01:21 PM

Feb 2015

Words are cheap.

annabanana

(52,791 posts)

5. omg.. If Bibi backs out!. .

Reply to MohRokTah (Original post)

Fri Feb 6, 2015, 01:22 PM

Feb 2015

What a black eye for Boner

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