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Benjamin Netanyahu was left to stew in a White House meeting room for over an hour after President Barack Obama abruptly walked out of tense talks to have supper with his family, it emerged on Thursday. The snub marked a fresh low in US-Israeli relations and appeared designed to show Mr Netanyahu how low his stock had fallen in Washington after he refused to back down in a row over Jewish construction in east Jerusalem. The Israeli prime minister arrived at the White House on Tuesday evening brimming with confidence that the worst of the crisis in his country's relationship...

As alluded to in an AT post dated March 10, 2010, and evidenced by his off limits to the press meeting yesterday, Barack Obama will do anything do avoid being photographed with Israeli PM Netanyahu. From FOXNews.com: "In a break with custom that seemed linked to the crisis complicating U.S.-Israel relations, reporters were not invited to see them shake hands and begin their talks. It is highly unusual for a visiting ally not to be seen with the president, either for photographs or statements." Too duplicitous to ever be forthright with their true intentions, the Obama administration is plainly antagonizing...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that the collapse of Israel and its government was no longer an unachievable aim. "Today's situation is that neither the return of Palestinians nor formation of a government and even the collapse of the Zionist regime is unachievable," Ahmadinejad said, according to Fars news agency. "The government has lost the philosophy of its existence and is no longer capable of implementing the policies of the United States and Europe in the region," he told visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. While referring to Syria's indirect talks with Iran's arch-foe Israel, Ahmadinejad said "more joint...