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By Ilan Ben Zion August 31, 2012, 4:35 pm
Tensions between the Israeli and United States governments reached fever pitch over the issue of Irans nuclear program in a recent high-level meeting between the prime minister and the American ambassador, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Friday.
Last week Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a closed-door meeting with visiting Congressman and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers and American Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro. Netanyahu opened the discussion by lambasting the Obama administration for what he considered its ineffectual policy vis à vis Iran.
Netanyahu then expressed his belief that the US should be pressuring Iran to stop its nuclear program rather than pressuring Israel not to attack.
Instead of effectively pressuring Iran, Obama and his people are pressuring us not to attack the nuclear facilities, he reportedly said. He concluded by saying that the time for diplomacy had run out, the Yedioth report said.
At one point during the meeting, Shapiro grew enraged by Netanyahus remarks, broke diplomatic protocol, and snapped at the PM, saying he was misrepresenting Obamas position on Iran.
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http://www.timesofisrael.com/sparks-fly-at-meeting-between-netanyahu-and-us-envoy/
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Good for the Obama administration for refusing to allow this foreign leader to dictate US Foreign Policy. I hope they continue to let him know who runs this country and his bullying is not welcome here.
BlueinOhio
(238 posts)"Netanyahu has not acted wisely enough in order to maintain Israel's neutrality, traditional neutrality in relation to the American election," he says.
Morning Edition on NPR had about the GOP using Israel as a political issue and that Netanyahu is a driving force. Israel is a foreign country.
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/31/160346085/israel-finds-itself-a-partisan-election-issue-in-u-s