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7. The point was never to prevent an Iran deal, it was to help his party in Israel's elections

Fri Sep 4, 2015, 11:09 AM

Sep 2015

and help the Republicans in our elections.

His scorched earth policy in the US was designed not to stop the deal, but to push Jewish voters and donors into the Republican camp.

The Republican party, the Israeli rightwing (Likud and its partners) are really part of one transnational political party and movement. There is zero daylight between them on any issue. Once one realizes that Likudniks are Republicans and Republicans are Likudniks, everything makes a lot more sense.

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How Netanyahu Lost the Iran Deal [View all] DonViejo Sep 2015 OP

Yes that was a bonehead Boehner move. n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2015 #1

Plus, there's the fact that Bibi is a bit of a jerk. longship Sep 2015 #2

Netanyahu manages to sound rational and even reasonable on US TV, where he is accorded karynnj Sep 2015 #5

Netanyahu has done serious damage to the RW pro-Israel lobby in the US. herding cats Sep 2015 #3

Ironically, he made this peace agreement possible Hydra Sep 2015 #4

He bit the hand that fed flamingdem Sep 2015 #6

The point was never to prevent an Iran deal, it was to help his party in Israel's elections geek tragedy Sep 2015 #7

It was complete chutzpah that he even tried -- and he got further than should ever have happened karynnj Sep 2015 #8

piss on him. KG Sep 2015 #9