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Related: About this forumTPM Editor’s Blog: More Trouble Ahead
Haaretz reports that Benjamin Netanyahu looks poised to appoint, Ron Dermer, the architect of his campaign season alliance with Mitt Romney as Israels new Ambassador to the United States.
From Haaretz
Youll note that I highlighted that line at the end thats Dermer was apparently a major unskewer and convinced Netanyahu that Romney was going to win big. The Haaretz piece also notes that Dermer manages to be wildly more right-wing in his policies than Netanyahu himself, which is saying something though Netanyahus own politics, as distinct from whatever coalition hes running have always been a little obscure to me. In any case, its generally seen as a bad step to appoint to an ambassador who is seen as being openly hostile to the head of state in the home country. It sounds like another case of the profound damage Netanyahu is doing to Israel by his stance toward the countrys primary and perhaps soon only major ally.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/12/more_trouble_ahead.php
From Haaretz
1. Dermer, who immigrated from the U.S. in 1997, is clearly identified by the Obama administration as a supporter of the Republican party. His family in Miami Beach have close ties with the Bush family, particularly with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, whos name has been mentioned as one of a number of possible contenders for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. 2. Aside from identifying him as a Republican supporter, many Democrats see Dermer as the brains behind Netanyahus support for Mitt Romney. An article published in Tablet Magazine a few months before the elections revealed that Dermer was the one who conceived and planned Romneys visit to Israel in July this year, along with Dan Senor, an advisor to Romney:
3. Dermer is also the person who tried to convince Netanyahu by any means possible that Romney was set to win the elections. We saw what happened in the end. With the Obama starting his second term in the White House, it will be hard for Dermer to develop a network of trusted and intimate contacts among the presidents most senior advisors.
Romneys visit is the brainchild of two other men: Ron Dermer, the American-born political operative who is Netanyahus chief strategist and speechwriter and, more importantly, Dan Senor, a Republican politico-turned-investor who is a close adviser to the Romney campaign. But the current trip, coming so late in the campaign season, was planned quietly, for fear of provoking a possible last-minute visit by President Obama. Late last month, while Senor was in Jerusalem for his nieces bat mitzvah, he met Dermer for breakfast at the King David Hotel; a few days later, with the Romney campaigns blessing, Dermer gave the scoop to the New York Times.
3. Dermer is also the person who tried to convince Netanyahu by any means possible that Romney was set to win the elections. We saw what happened in the end. With the Obama starting his second term in the White House, it will be hard for Dermer to develop a network of trusted and intimate contacts among the presidents most senior advisors.
Youll note that I highlighted that line at the end thats Dermer was apparently a major unskewer and convinced Netanyahu that Romney was going to win big. The Haaretz piece also notes that Dermer manages to be wildly more right-wing in his policies than Netanyahu himself, which is saying something though Netanyahus own politics, as distinct from whatever coalition hes running have always been a little obscure to me. In any case, its generally seen as a bad step to appoint to an ambassador who is seen as being openly hostile to the head of state in the home country. It sounds like another case of the profound damage Netanyahu is doing to Israel by his stance toward the countrys primary and perhaps soon only major ally.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/12/more_trouble_ahead.php
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TPM Editor’s Blog: More Trouble Ahead (Original Post)
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(45,850 posts)1. set to be an interesting next few years
in appointing Dermer Netanyahu is appealing to his base and extending his middle finger to Obama
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(27,617 posts)2. We'll see if it actually happens.