Rivlin and Netanyahu refuse to meet Jimmy Carter over his 'anti-Israel stance'

[azurnoir]

Source: Haaretz

President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have rejected a request from former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to meet during the latter's visit to Israel in the coming weeks, a senior official in Jerusalem told Haaretz.

The official said that Rivlin and Netanyahu rejected the request after inner consultations over the last few days between the Foreign Ministry and the National Security Council of the Prime Minister's Office.

According to the senior official, the Foreign Ministry recommended that Rivlin and Netanyahu not meet with Carter because of what they termed his "anti-Israeli stance" over the last few years, particularly during the summer war in Gaza.

The senior official added that Carter has also requested to visit Gaza during his visit, and that Israel had approved that request.


Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.652764

[geek tragedy]

1. Whiny babies. nt

[hrmjustin]

2. That is an insult to the United States.

[Contrary1]

3. They aren't worthy of a meeting with him anyway...

Warmongers that they are.

[cosmicone]

4. Netanyahu has become openly anti-American

and that is being condoned by repukes.

If any other nation's leader had refused to meet Reagan, these assholes would have exploded like firecrackers.

[BobbyBoring]

8. he still loves the money we send them every year though

that should have ceased a long time ago.

[november3rd]

16. I like that juxtaposition

Assholes/Firecrackers

[El Shaman]

5. They sure

drop on their knees for unka Sam's donations!!!!!!

[yellowcanine]

6. Keeping it classy, Bibi. Jimmy Carter, who facilitated the Camp David Peace Accords. Nice.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Exactly!

And that's a great pic!

[BumRushDaShow]

20. And part of that agreement enacted the $3 billion a year that Israel gets from us. nt

[TheDebbieDee]

23. Silly wabbit. Bibi HATES peace!

[calimary]

7. Shame on them BOTH.

Unfortunately, behavior like this is likely to earn them more "anti-Israeli stances" from larger numbers of people.

I keep thinking about all the public schools that are starving, and the children in poverty who are neglected and go to bed hungry most nights, and the single heads-of-households who are holding down more than one shit job just struggling to make ends meet... And we keep sending boatloads of money to these ingrates half a planet away...

[PatrynXX]

19. been over a month and Bibi hasn't formed a govt yet

because of issues from the Right. yeah cause nothing says Fascist than not meeting with the nicest person in the world. smh dumb.... Bibi makes an issue out of it. Dumb...

[calimary]

25. I would think the optics on this would not be good.

By now, Jimmy Carter has earned favorability ratings that any active politician today would damn near kill for. Our former President is the most widely-respected of any ex-President. Nobody appreciated him when he was in office. They were pretty rough on him - at the time. But if you compare it to what current President Obama faces every doggone minute of every doggone day, there's really no comparison.

Jimmy Carter has been a quiet voice of sanity, wisdom, and principle. He put the concern for human rights at the front of the line as President. He's kinda like the conscience of the political world at this point. AND he expresses it through actions, not trying to shove some religious or CONservative moralistic dictates or mores of yesteryear down our throats now. He is a very noble man.

[brer cat]

27. So true

and so sad, calimary. I wish our priorities started at home.

[sdfernando]

9. Shame!

I support that man that got Egypt & Israel to make peace with each other. If that makes me "anti-Israel", then so be it!...I'm sure I am in good company.

[madokie]

24. I agree with you

[GP6971]

26. Yes

You're in good company

[Iliyah]

10. Yeah, BiBi and his cronies met with Boner and crew

Steven King and probably Scott Walker all of which is praying to their GAWD for the "end of times" which does not include Jews.

[peoli]

12. Or it could read, "Men of War refuse to meet Man of Peace."

[lark]

17. +1,000,000

Nailed it!

[sadoldgirl]

13. Bibi does not care about insulting the US

All I can say about this is that President Carter is
not missing out on any kind of fruitful discussion.

[november3rd]

14. Smells like fear

They can say whatever they want about the hostility of Jimmy Carter, but his character is already well known to the rest of the world. I guess the Israeli right wing's refusal to extend themselves to the former US President adds meaning to the term, "Limited Government."

[samsingh]

15. petty little children

[tabasco]

18. Good. Carter shouldn't lower himself to meet them.

The US should eliminate all handouts to this warmongering nation.

[okaawhatever]

21. I read that Bibi was refusing to go to a WWII celebration in Russia, he refused to meet with Dems

when he was here to address Congress. He sure is burning bridges.

[Aristus]

22. Netanyahu is such a fuck-brain.

Shit even Menachem Begin met with Jimmy Carter, and Begin was one of the worst terrorists in Israeli history!

[Octafish]

28. Says a lot about Netanyahu when ''pro-Peace'' equals ''anti-Israel.''

Go PNAC!

[gembaby1]

29. Love Jimmy Carter

This is a good man who actually achieved a peace deal in the Middle East

As for Netanyahu what do you expect from a shitstarter like him. I am personally becoming bored by his antics. This in sharp contrast to the utter shock that congress allowed him to make speech and didn't inform the president. Couldn't believe the insult

[mrdmk]

30. 'Shit starter' is one way of putting it. Another is the man makes his own reality

To be fair, Bibi wants Israel to be the defacto big banana in the middle east. It is a power-grab no matter what is needed to be done for the situation. Very sad...

Welcome to DU gembaby1

[gembaby1]

32. Hello

Thanks for the welcome

I'm from Canada and I've been shaking my head over all this nonsense. Don't you think Bibi would be a little more apprehensive about biting the hand that feeds him? Or maybe it is true that he just wants Israel to be the most powerful in the region and wants to achieve it at any cost.

[roamer65]

31. Fuck 'em.