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REPORT: WHITE HOUSE TRIED TO INFLUENCE ISRAELI ELECTION AS REVENGE AGAINST NETANYAHU
Breitbart ^ | March 24, 2015 | by JOHN SEXTON

Posted on 03/24/2015 4:37:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

Sources in the Israeli government claim the White House tried to influence the recent election because it wanted “revenge” against Benjamin Netanyahu.

“The White House is driven by three main motives,” an unnamed senior official told the Times of Israel. “The first is revenge. The second is frustration: It’s no secret that they were involved in an attempt to bring down the Netanyahu government – something that we have clear knowledge of – and failed. The third is the administration’s attempt to divert attention from the negotiations with Iran to the Palestinian issue.”

The source was likely referring to the group V15 which ran a get-out-the-vote campaign designed to push Netanyahu out of office. V15 was connected to the One Voice movement, which seeks a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The State Department reportedly gave several hundred thousands dollars to One Voice. V15 also hired a former Obama campaign strategist to run it’s campaign.

The accusation is just the latest retort in an escalating war of words between Washington and Jerusalem. Monday evening the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming Israel had spied on negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. The article makes clear the U.S. learned of Israel’s behavior by intercepting communications between Israeli officials. In other words, U.S. spies caught Israeli spies spying. Because of how the information came to light, the article’s sources downplay the spying but draw the line at sharing information with Republicans in Congress.

The Obama White House’s anger at Netanyahu has been building for months. It predates the Israeli election and Netanyahu’s address to Congress. Last October a “senior Obama administration official” who spoke to the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg said that Netanyahu was “a chickenshit.”...

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: israel; netanyahu; obama
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To: neocon1984

I think so. Was that against Bibi too?


21 posted on 03/24/2015 5:40:29 PM PDT by Mr. Peabody
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To: Jim Robinson

The third is the administration’s attempt to divert attention from the negotiations with Iran to the Palestinian issue.”


Yes indeed! That and ISIS and many other scandals.


22 posted on 03/24/2015 6:27:36 PM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall no)
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To: mountn man

Indeed, at least in this respect, siding against Israel will only usher America’s self destruction long before Israel’s.


23 posted on 03/24/2015 6:29:33 PM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall no)
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To: Jim Robinson
Obama and his Godless, corrupt crew cannot be gone soon enough.

Go CRUZ!

24 posted on 03/25/2015 3:23:06 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Jim Robinson

In the photo at the link, the look Bibi is giving Obama tells the story.

FUBO, ditto.

God bless and keep Benjamin Netanyahu, the Leader of the Free World.


25 posted on 03/25/2015 3:39:43 AM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! God bless you all.)
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To: Mr. Peabody

Yup.


26 posted on 03/25/2015 4:18:55 AM PDT by neocon1984
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To: Beowulf9
What if Obama is an outright traitor to the U.S.

The fact that such a statement is still considered fringe is astonishing to me. Obama is clearly motivated by a hatred of the west, and makes no attempts to hide it in his actions.

27 posted on 03/25/2015 4:25:52 AM PDT by Junior_G (Funny how liberals' love affair with Muslims began on 9/11)
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28 posted on 03/25/2015 6:21:28 AM PDT by SJackson (“ISIS is now going to regret this … because King Abdullah is not Barack Obama, Rep. Duncan Hunter)
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To: Jim Robinson

But isn’t revenge a petty, mean, squalid motive, unworthy of the leader of the free world? Answered my own question, didn’t I.


29 posted on 03/25/2015 6:34:33 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Beowulf9

What if? No question about it. Unfortunately too many remain in denial of the obvious facts. This man has inflicted more damage to our country than all the previous administrations combined. He will never face charges of treason because of his color, and the money paid to cover the truth.


30 posted on 03/25/2015 7:27:55 AM PDT by fivecatsandadog ("Islam is Islam. There are no modifiers. It's a political movement masquerading as a religion.")
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To: Junior_G

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31 posted on 03/25/2015 7:58:47 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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