(Israel Hayom) Dan Margalit - The low language used by U.S. government officials about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in comments made to Atlantic columnist Jeffrey Goldberg was not appropriate, given the fact that Israel is an American ally. The unusual language used by the officials was a manifestation of the U.S. government's realization that it has failed in the Middle East in general, and in the Israeli-Palestinian sphere in particular. America's adoption of a gloves-off approach with Israel will not achieve the goal that the initiators of the confrontation hoped for. The average patriot in a democracy will defend his or her prime minister who is under an illegitimate verbal assault from abroad. External pressure always brings people together, and this is how Israelis react to diplomatic attacks from abroad.
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