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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “toast” at the White House following his acceptance of an invitation to address Congress, and President Obama may never meet with him again, according to one of Israel’s leading newspapers.
Writing in the liberal Haaretz, known as “Israel’s New York Times,” diplomatic correspondent Barak Ravid paints a dire portrait of the relationship between Netanyahu and both Obama and Secretary of State Kerry, saying the animus is now deeply personal.
And how is our best and only partner willing to do some bombing?
“He said there is going to be retribution like ISIS hasn’t seen,” said Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr., a Marine Corps veteran of two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, who was in the meeting with the king. “He mentioned ‘Unforgiven’ and he mentioned Clint Eastwood, and he actually quoted a part of the movie.
Posted on February 2, 2015, 7:10 pm by Keith Koffler
10:00 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
11:35 am || Meets with Americans who wrote letters about how they benefitted from the Affordable Care Act; Roosevelt Room
2:10 pm || Holds a Cabinet meeting; Cabinet Room
All times Eastern
Oops- found time for a photo-op with the President.
Filed under: War on Terror Tagged: Abdullah, Barack Obama, Congress, Government, ISIS, Israel, Jordan, king abdullah, Netanyahu, whitehouse