Israel’s PM Netanyahu Plays Down Pres. Obama’s White House Rudeness
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on March 28, 2010
Following Pres. Obama’s rude/dismissive/macho/disgraceful/hostile (take your pick) treatment of Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu earlier this week in the White House (no dinner for you!), it’s interesting (and civilized) to read this story in the Associated Press…
From AP News, ktvl.com, Netanyahu tries to play down tensions with US:
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s leader tried to play down tensions with the U.S. on Sunday after a rocky meeting at the White House last week, saying that relations with Washington remain solid.
In his first public comments on the matter, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet that Israel and the U.S. can work out their differences.
“The relationship between Israel and the U.S. is one between allies and friends, and it’s a relationship based on years of tradition,” Netanyahu said. “Even if there are disagreements, these are disagreements between friends, and that’s how they will stay.”
The U.S. has criticized Israeli construction in east Jerusalem – the section of the holy city claimed by the Palestinians. It has asked Israel for gestures toward the Palestinians to help relaunch peace talks, which were about to start earlier this month when the latest spat over settlements broke out.
The planned peace talks were thrown into doubt after Israel announced plans to build 1,600 new apartments for Jews in east Jerusalem. Israel made the announcement while Vice President Joe Biden was visiting, drawing sharp condemnations from Washington and calls to cancel the construction plans.
Netanyahu, who has consistently rejected calls for any halt to building in Jerusalem, got a chilly reception at the White House last week. He gave no sign of giving in to the U.S. demand or resolving the dispute by the time he left.
Ties between Israel and the U.S. are more tense than they have been in years.
Netanyahu was to discuss the matter with his Cabinet ministers at their weekly meeting Sunday, and told reporters before the meeting that he had taken “certain steps in order to narrow the gaps.”
No details from the reportedly tense Obama-Netanyahu meeting have been made public. The administration’s precise demands on Israel and what Israel has offered in return have also remained under wraps.
Additional reading:
Hot Air: 327 House members tell Obama to make U-turn on US-Israeli relations
Pamela Geller, Big Journalism: Barack Hussein Obama II’s War Against Israel
Gateway Pundit: John Bolton: Obama’s Treatment of Netanyahu Should Be a Sign For Israel and THE TIME IS NOW — To Stand With Israel and Stunner. Obama Has Refused All Israeli Military Requests Since Entering Office in 2009 and Obama Refuses to Dine With Jewish Leader and John Bolton: Obama’s Treatment of Netanyahu Should Be a Sign For Israel and History Repeats Itself… UAE to Follow Third Reich Policies Against Jews and Obama Won’t Allow Any Photos of Him With PM Netanyahu
Atlas Shrugs: Pamela Geller, American Thinker: Fatal Thinking
Nice Deb: God Help The USA and Israel
Hot Air: Report: Obama humiliated Netanyahu at the White House:
Legal Insurrection: Hamas Responds To Obama By Killing Two Israeli Soldiers and It’s 3 a.m. and the Prime Minister of Israel is Calling
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Irony: Settlement Between Israelis & Palestinians Was Derailed by Settlements, & VP Joe Biden’s “Slap in the Face” (video)
The Right Scoop: Obama disgraced Netanyahu at the White House:
Nile Gardiner, Telegraph, Barack Obama’s humiliation of Israel is a disgrace
Patterico’s Pontifications, More Obama “Civility” and The Back Story: Obama and Israel
Times Online, Binyamin Netanyahu humiliated after Barack Obama ‘dumped him for dinner’
Michelle Malkin: Lady Qaeda found guilty, blames Israel
Tony Blair: Middle East peace crisis? Obama Vs Netanyahu
Cold Fury: Ask Any Czech, Check Any Pole
CNN Political Ticker: CNN poll: Israel a friend and ally
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