[IsraelTimes] PM 'will pay price' for spat over Congress address; Obama said to have asked him to demanded he tone down pro-sanctions rhetoric; Wash. Post: Kerry's enthusiasm for defending Israel may wane.
| Kerry will have to answer to his Orthodox Jewish brother for that, the one he paraded before Jewish donors and voters, when the time comes. |
Details at link, but they don't really matter. The White House and its henchmen, having decided they have an excuse to browbeat Bibi once again, have daily upped the volume since the original announcement, dripping their poison into willing ears at the Washington Post and Ha'aretz -- in all ways the New York Times of Israel -- and threatening to discontinue even their paltry previous support of Israel on the world stage. It will no doubt trouble you to know, dear Reader, that at the White House they are now calling the prime minister of Israel much worse names than the mere chickenshit of yore.
And providing some perspective on the White House excuse for not meeting with Bibi this trip: |
Actually, a US president did host an Israeli PM just before elections
Denying it is snubbing Netanyahu, White House cites ‘long-standing practice’ of not inviting candidates close to polling day. So what was Clinton doing with Peres in 1996?
There is a precedent for election-proximate meetings, it involves Israel, and Netanyahu was the intended victim. |