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Post by elizabeth on Mar 4, 2014 21:10:19 GMT
Without getting personal, Netanyahu hits back at ObamaPM in AIPAC address argues extensively against White House thinking on Iran and Palestinians, while making just a single reference to the president WASHINGTON — Publicly savaged by President Barack Obama for his settlement policies on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday opted for a firmly non-personal response in a warmly received address to the AIPAC conference here. He argued extensively for several positions directly at odds with those held by the president, but did so without the direct targeting that Obama had employed in his incendiary Bloomberg conversation published two days earlier. Obama, in the lengthy interview with Jeffrey Goldberg that was released precisely as Netanyahu was flying in to meet with him, had chosen to assail the prime minister for overseeing “aggressive settlement construction,” indicated that Netanyahu’s positions on the Palestinian conflict were threatening Israel’s wellbeing, and warned that the US would find it increasingly difficult to defend Israel from the international consequences. To continue reading click here
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Post by elizabeth on Mar 4, 2014 21:16:03 GMT
This is a different article to Shiloh's. This happened after Shiloh's. This also took into account, the speech that President Obama gave to Bloomberg, and Netanyahu's reaction to it. So while it looks like they are the same articles, they are not.
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Post by LS on Mar 5, 2014 1:19:25 GMT
One leader mentioned in this piece exudes nothing but class, while the other ... Too bad our Congress and Isreal's Knesset can't negotiate a trade similar to those of professional sports franchises. "We'll give you our current President, Secretary of State and politician to be named later, for Prime Minister Netanyahu." (their likely response: "Lo!") Imagine if our current U.S. foreign policy suddenly became their (our leader's) domestic policy (ruling in Israel). They'd be rethinking their strategy pretty quickly (if there was even a strategy to begin with
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Post by elizabeth on Mar 5, 2014 4:21:09 GMT
I thought Netanyahu did really well too, having to speak at AIPAC after that horrible interview Obama gave to Bloomberg. With all his troubles, Netanyahu retained his dignity. He has class.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2014 15:43:10 GMT
He did do well. He quoted the Bible which I just love to hear. He did not attack directly but did by what he says. I find it frustrating that many, many Americans are on his side and even the congress and senate, yet we are helpless to turn our leaders hearts around to stick by Israel.
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