Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Netanyahu's rejection of Obama's Mideast speech underestimated the president's strength--and could hasten the Israeli leader's political demise.
Bibi Netanyahu could have reacted any number of ways to Barack Obama's mention of the "1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps." Let's say, actually, four ways--embrace, circumspection, suspicion, tantrum. That he chose the last--saying immediately after the Obama speech that he "expects" to hear Obama in essence renounce what he'd just said before the entire world!--tells us a lot about the man's shortcomings and (lack of) political instinct. All political is local, and Netanyahu undoubtedly scored points with his Likud base back home. But he has a base here in America too, and I think he misjudged that base badly. |
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