American Jewish leaders and activists are worried about widening political divisions between Israel and the White House sparked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial address to Congress on Tuesday despite strident objections by President Obama.
Yeah, Bo might get mad....but what will that lead to?
Obama and other top administration officials are refusing to meet with Netanyahu because he accepted an invitation from House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to address Congress without clearing it with the White House, as is customary for visits by foreign leaders.
Well, obviously Big Ben thinks the Iranian threat is serious enough to warrant such a drastic approach.
"To Israel, this is an existential threat. (Iran has) said countless times they want to exterminate and destroy the Zionist cancer in the Middle East, which is the state of Israel,'' said Heir, who will be present for Netanyahu's Tuesday speech to Congress.
"At a moment like this when we know the talks with Iran have reached a crucial stage, the prime minister of Israel has a right to express his concerns here in the United States," he said.
Obama, who has had a strained relationship with the Israeli leader, says it is inappropriate for him to meet with Netanyahu so close to Israel's March 17 election because it would look like the U.S. leader is injecting himself in a foreign ally's politics.
This is just an excuse.
How do you say "he is with us" in farsi?
http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/26/obama-iran-ahmadinejad-oped-cx_at_1026taheri.html
In a curious coincidence Obama’s first and second names–Barack Hussein–mean “the blessing of Hussein” in Arabic and Persian. His family name, Obama, written in the Persian alphabet, reads O Ba Ma, which means “he is with us,”
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