Posted on 10/30/2014 5:55:44 AM PDT by xzins
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's under fire because he won't compromise the safety of Israel.
"When there is pressure on Israel to give up on its security, the easiest thing is to give up," Arutz Sheva quoted Netanyahu's response at the Knesset.
"As prime minister, I stand for the security of Israel," he continued. "The life of every single citizen and soldier matters to me, and I am not prepared to make comprises that will endanger our country."
"Our interests are not on the minds of those who attack us -- or me -- personally," he said. "The attack on me comes because I defend the State of Israel and despite all the attacks, I will continue to defend our country and the citizens of Israel."
He added that he respects and values Israel's relations with the United States.
"The strategic alliance between the countries continues and will continue," he said.
Those were his first public remarks after The Atlantic quoted a senior Obama administration official calling Netanyahu a word that starts with "chicken."
The official told The Atlantic the good thing about Netanyahu was that he was afraid to launch wars, but the bad thing was he won't reach an accommodation with the Palestinian Authority or Sunni Arab states. Another White House official called Netanyahu a coward on a nuclear Iran and said he won't launch a pre-emptive strike.
Israeli Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett called on the Obama administration to "immediately reject these gross comments."
"The prime minister of Israel is not a private person. He is the leader of the Jewish state and the entire Jewish people. Cursing the prime minister and calling him names is an insult not just to him but to the millions of Israeli citizens and Jews across the globe," Bennett wrote.
"The leader of Syria, who slaughtered 150,000 people, was not awarded the name 'chickens---,'" Bennett continued. "Neither was the leader of Saudi Arabia who stones women and homosexuals or the leader of Iran who murders freedom protestors."
"If what appears in the press is true, then it seems that the current U.S. administration is throwing Israel under the bus," Bennett wrote.
"Israel is the only democratic state in the Middle East and has been fighting 66 years to survive," he continued.
"Israel is at the forefront of the free world's fight against the Islamic terror of ISIS, Hezbollah, Hamas, and Iran. Instead of attacking Israel and putting it at risk, the world should be strengthening and supporting it."
Gen 12:3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.
Obama and Kerry are officially cursed.
The undocumented First Moslem by fraud, Obola,
must be very perplexed.
He was surprised that Americans gave up so easily.
Gave up their freedom.
Gave up their children.
Gave up their health.
Gave up their Constitution.
The bible is fairly clear that cursing Israel is a bad road to walk down.
obama on the other hand has sacrificed plenty of Americans
His open borders policy is already killing Americans.
I was actually suprised how easy it was for Obama too.
It has been said that the most dangerous man in the world is one with nothing to lose. The same goes for nations.
Isolate Israel and bow and scrape to its enemies, State Department. You will set the world on fire.
Masada proves your point
Bibi: What a sissy child ... most shmendrik's don't express this much chutzpah. Feh!
There is no doubt in my mind that Obama put air defense between Israel and Iran, and put air detection as close as Jordan. Obama sent the message to Netanyahu that any attack on Iran would be fought and/or Iran warned.
I can’t prove it. But I know it. So, Obama is an evil man.
Here's the opening, and also the money line:
"After months of humiliating inaction in the Middle East, the Obama administration has finally launched a full scale attack. On Israel.."
Why can’t WE have leaders can express themselves like BiBi, in OUR defense?
Leni
Mark Levin loudly hints that it was John Kerry himself.
Never, ever curse Israel or its people.
All he needs to say is
“Really? Who’s the real chickensht here?”
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