President Obama Denies Netanyahu Shelter On Two-State Shuffle
The White House has been offering blistering criticism of Netanyahu over some of the desperate rhetorical measures he took in the waning days and hours of his reelection campaign, including a racist appeal to counter Arab voter turnout and a pledge not to allow a Palestinian state during the duration of his tenure. Here’s what he told a reporter from Israeli website NRG:
“I think that anyone who is going to establish a Palestinian state today and evacuate lands is giving attack grounds to the radical Islam against the state of Israel. This is the genuine reality that has been created here in the past few years. Those who do not understand that bury their heads in the sand. The left-wing parties do it, bury their heads in the sand, time and again.”
Since then, Netanyahu has quasi-apologized if his anti-Arab talk offended anyone, and tried to walk back his remarks about the two-state solution the very next day. In an interview with NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell, Netanyahu performed what’s being called the most dizzying of flip-flops, saying that “I don’t want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution, but for that circumstances have to change.”
The White House, meanwhile, has been uncompromising in its criticism of Netanyahu, both from Press Secretary Josh Earnest’s podium and the President’s own words. The press has been very focused on the supposed personal conflict between the two leaders, repeatedly asking why the President takes Netanyahu “at his word” that he opposes a two-state solution, but not when he backs up on that, like Netanyahu’s his girlfriend picking flower petals. He’s not trying to hurt Bibi’s feelings, he’s making a realistic assessment of Netanyahu’s public statements.
At Wednesday’s presser, though, Obama was asked a grown-up question about Netanyahu’s position, namely what, if anything, the Israeli PM could do to restore confidence in him as a credible broker for peace. That’s an important question because the answer might reveal whether the Obama administration’s response has been an attempt to pressure Netanyahu into taking action on a two-state solution, or genuine dismay at the prospects for peace under his administration…READ MORE
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By: Tommy Christopher
Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
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allison1050 March 25th, 2015 at 01:17
More and more Americans are getting just a fed up with Israel and as the Europeans and Netanya hoo most certainly hasn’t helped the situation with the last war and the lying and the continuation of the withholding of the monies due the Palestinians and the continuation of taking more of the lands. Way to go hoo hoo!
Surf such March 25th, 2015 at 05:03
Son of satan that is the only word I have for this EVIL,VILE,Murderer,Liar,Thug,Hoodlum,Mean and EVIL to the bone.natanyahooo.You murderous scum.GOD has a plan for shit like you.