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Rebukes from White House Risk Buoying Netanyahu


(New York Times) Jodi Rudoren - Israeli analysts are now suggesting that Obama and his aides might be overplaying their hand, inviting a backlash of sympathy for Netanyahu, and that they may not have clearly defined what they expected to gain diplomatically by continuing to pressure the Israeli leader. The president's harsh words have been deemed by some to be patronizing and disrespectful to the voters who rewarded Netanyahu with a resounding mandate for a fourth term. "Sometimes you have these unfortunate patterns that occur when you have tensions in the relationship," said Dore Gold, a former Israeli ambassador to the UN. "Stories based on anonymous sources pop up, and their purpose seems to be to undermine the alliance between the two countries." In contrast with the White House, leading Israeli voices seem to have accepted Netanyahu's post-election clarification that current circumstances make it impossible to imagine meeting his longstanding conditions for supporting a Palestinian state.
2015-03-25 00:00:00
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