Posted on 03/23/2015 5:10:11 AM PDT by HomerBohn
President Obama is considering cutting all ties with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s YNet News reported on Friday.
According to a source cited by the paper, the White House “is contemplating lowering its ties with Israel and putting Kerry as the sole liaison between the two states, as opposed to the open line Netanyahu now enjoys with Obama.”
“The president is pragmatic, if he were to think there was some gain to be made from talking directly with Netanyahu he would do so, but he just prefers not to waste his time,” the source said The report culminates weeks of mounting anger by the White House towards Netanyahu. Administration officials were very critical of Netanyahu’s historic speech earlier this month before a joint session of Congress on the Iranian nuclear threat, and there was even speculation that the White House was attempting to unseat the Israeli Prime Minister.
Following Netanyahu’s landslide electoral victory this week, it appeared as though the tension with the White House might dissipate. The White House took a conciliatory tone on the day of the win, and a Netanyahu loyalist made it clear that the new government would seek to renew trust with the United States. The peace was short-lived.
The White House quickly resumed hostilities towards Netanyahu in the days following the election. A White House official avoided congratulating the Israeli Prime Minister the day after the win. The White House also directly criticized Netanyahu’s Election Day comments about Arab voter turnout, calling them “cynical.” Then there were several reports that the White House was reconsidering its pro-Israel stance at the United Nations because of Netanyahu’s rescinding of support for Palestinian statehood at this time. Netanyahu, seemingly in response to the mounting White House hostility, abandoned his pre-election opposition to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, seeking again to renew the US-Israel relationship.
The White House rejected this overture, and said that it was “re-evaluating” its thinking about relations with Israel. The tension continued yesterday during a telephone call between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister.
According to the AP, Obama told Netanyahu that the US was indeed reassessing its thinking about the peace process. He also raised the issue of Netanyahu’s “anti-Arab rhetoric” during the election.
> Right... THEN we’ll see how the puppet “O” has to say
With the incentive, intel and capability the IDF HAS to accomplish that with a minimum of collateral damage, I don’t know what Bibiis waiting for.
You have to remember Bibi is former Mossad. He gathers Intel to kill the whole Hydra not just one of the heads. He also knows 0 will run interference. When he strikes it will be a devastating blow. The man is no fool. Probably the reason 0 hates him all the more because he knows he can see right through him.
The president is not pragmatic, either he is too stupid to listen to Bibi or he is Muslim encouraging Jihad.
"You know if your Secret Service agents weren't here in the room with you, I would take that finger, break it off and shove it down your throat"
"Plan B": To operate in the defense if Israel, WITH the understanding that he will have NO allies in this.
That means marshaling both the military resources and the political will to get it done AND accomplishing all this like there's NO tomorrow... because, for Israel, there ain't! It will be impossible for Bibi to start and NOT successfully finish the task.
We have an enemy in our WH and the SOBs in congress are supposedly worried about being called racist if they do their jobs and remove him.
A petulant child.
Bibi is going “Oh Please, Oh Please, do it.”
“back of the Whitehouse”.
The truth is he’s intimidated by Netanyahu. He can’t face him anymore. So he pretends he’s to high and mighty to associate with Netanyahu who is only at John Kerry’s level.
The second picture...
Obama is lucky that Bibi did not push him right out of his space.
A parasitic, psychotic, petulant child that should have been aborted and I don’t believe in abortion.
Why he’s lovely. No wonder they bathhousers go crazy over Bathhouse Barry.
From that first photo it appears that Barry is mesmerized by Bibi and probably has a schoolgirl’s crush on him. Perhaps Barry made a pass at Bibi and was rebuffed, hence the current attitude towards Israel.
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