[TangledUpInBlue]

The timing here seems odd. With Iran helping against ISIS - has there been some backroom back channel negotiating here? My mind is ticking..

[AU72]

Could be dis-information, smoke-screens.

Two things may be at work here, One, the Israeli election and Two, possible IDF moves in process.

[allendale]

Deceptions are a part of strategy. Anyone who thinks there is a real split between the Prime Minister and Mossad never heard of the good cop/bad cop routine and how effective it is in obtaining information. Israel absolutely needs the narcissistic twits of the Obama administration to talk to friendly Mossad agents who seem to validate them to know Obama’s real intentions.

[SoFloFreeper]

The Israeli intelligence agency Mossad has broken ranks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, telling U.S. officials and lawmakers that a new Iran sanctions bill in the U.S. Congress would tank the Iran nuclear negotiations.

Says WHO? Smells fishy to me.

By the way, even IF TRUE (which I question), the answer is that Mossad doesn't set policy. Does Obama allow CIA to dictate policy?

[TexasCajun]

[rrrod]

Reading the comments proves once more FReepers ask questions and dont just line up as told!

One thing for sure..McCain/Graham/Corker are always wrong..always.
I suspect obola’s secret guv at work here...

[Ben Ficklin]

"The timing here seems odd"

This is the second go round on this. The first time began in Dec 13, but Reid wouldn't allow it(Menendez-Kirk) onto the floor of the Senate.

It has come up again now because Reid has been replaced by McConnell and as the article points out, McConnell has already said he would let Kirk-Menendez onto the floor of the senate. OTOH, as the article points out, McConnell has said nothing about allowing Corker's bill onto the senate floor.

In 2013-2014, the NeoCon Republicans(led by Kirk) and the Liberal Interventionist democrats(led by Menendez) supported the bill. But the Realists(led by Corker and Feinstein) opposed. The isolationists(led by Rand Paul) also opposed. The anti-war dems also opposed. AIPAC supported but J Street opposed.

Last year, because Menendez was chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the bill came out of that committee and it had 58 co-signers, and it probably had enough votes for cloture.

But Reid blocked it so the discussion shifted to an amendment to soften the language but the discussion got rancorous and eventually AIPAC backed away so it died.

Now, this year, Corker is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and is still opposed to Kirk-Menendez so he won't let it out of his committee, instead he is promoting his own legislation. So, now that Kirk is chairman of his committee, Menendez-Kirk has become Kirk-Menendez and is coming out of Kirk's committee.

And to make it more complicated, last year McCain and Graham(NeoCons) supported Kirk and Menendez but this year are supporting Corker.

So what happens is up to McConnell and whether or not he lets Corker's bill onto the floor. Plus, McConnell has to determine which of the two has the best chance of gaining 67 votes to override Obama's veto and Obama has said he will veto either/both of them.

[rmlew]

Secretary Kerry made this up and spread it with the collusion of the traitorous left in Israel. In reality, the head of the Mossad did not break with the Israeli government.

"Leaking the Mossad Head's statements, even if they had not been falsified, is a serious breach of all the rules,” the senior source added. “Friends do not behave like this. Information from a secret meeting must not leak out.”

Fury in Israel Over Obama's Mossad 'Lies'