Amongst frustrated allies, patience has run out with Israel

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/debate/17636-amongst-frustrated-allies-patience-has-run-out-with-israel

Most significant was the reaction of Israel's closest allies - including the US. Angered by Netanyahu's explicit rejection of Palestinian statehood and incitement against Palestinian citizens, Obama administration officials, on and off the record, have made it clear that "you can't unring the bell."

Now the talk is of a "need to re-assess [the US's] options" in light of Israel's lack of commitment to a two-state solution. "There are policy ramifications for what he said", commented one official – and Netanyahu's efforts to row-back are cutting no ice in Washington.

But it's not just the US - as another newswire story put it, Bibi's "comments may have reinforced a belief in many world capitals that [he] isn't serious about peace." A case in point, former Swedish PM and diplomat Carl Bildt presumably spoke for many when he tweeted:

A new @netanyahu government in Israel risks profound crisis on Palestinian issue. Difficult to see any credible political path forward.
— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) March 18, 2015

Israel is an apartheid state.

It is time for BDS.

[2naSalit]

1. I'm tired of Bibi...

knew he was just stroking everyone since before his first election, tired of my hard earned tax $$s going to this apartheid state... I look at labels and make a concerted effort not to ever purchase anything that could even possibly benefit it. I better not opine any further.