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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Fri Mar 27, 2015, 07:16 AM Mar 2015

Economist on Obamaand Netanyaho falling out

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21647292-although-barack-obama-right-chastise-binyamin-netanyahu-israels-prime-minister-has-point?fsrc=nlw|hig|26-03-2015|NA

Rarely have relations between an American president and an Israeli prime minister sunk so low. No sooner had Binyamin Netanyahu won the Israeli election, on March 17th, than Barack Obama told him he would “reassess” relations with the Jewish state. Mr Netanyahu, says the president, has all but destroyed his credibility and the chances for peace with Palestinians, and he has eroded Israel’s democracy.

These are strong words coming from Israel’s best friend. The mood has not been this bad since 1991, when the elder George Bush delayed loan guarantees to Israel; or maybe 1956, when Dwight Eisenhower forced Israel (and Britain and France) to withdraw after the intervention against Egypt.
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Mr Obama was right to chastise Mr Netanyahu over Palestine. But he should not ignore him altogether. This is a vital moment in the Middle East. Mr Obama may this week embrace Israel’s greatest foe, Iran, by agreeing on the outline for a nuclear deal. As cynical as Mr Netanyahu may be about Palestine, he deserves to be heard on the risk that a deal will turn Iran from a pariah into a legitimate and overbearing regional power.
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Economist on Obamaand Netanyaho falling out (Original Post) eridani Mar 2015 OP
Bibi is an ass Gothmog Mar 2015 #1
F* netinyahoo madokie Mar 2015 #2

madokie

(51,076 posts)
2. F* netinyahoo
Fri Mar 27, 2015, 09:29 AM
Mar 2015

He's the one who bit the hand that feeds him not the other way around. I don't trust him for a second. IMHO
America does not need friends like him and them. again, IMHO

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