Every time Israel announces a massive new settlement inside the occupied territories, President Obama warns it is “unhelpful” to the peace process. This time, even though the comments were materially identical to the last dozen times it’s happened, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed to be “baffled.”
In comments today, Netanyahu went on to declare Obama’s criticism un-American, saying that it was part of the White House’s plot for “ethnic purification” of the West Bank as a condition of peace.
Netanyahu insisted he would never accept any restrictions on where Jews could build settlements, and insisted that any position to the contrary is “anti-peace” and harmful to the peace process.
Tensions between Netanyahu and the Obama Administration are nothing new, but the extent to which the Israeli premier railed against the US president, in an interview on national American television, is unprecedented, and likely portends a new pickup in tensions between the two sides.
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It's also un-American for Americans to have to pay for some foreign welfare queen nation. Despite Bibi's constant whining against Obama he still has to come over here every two weeks to beg for/demand money.
…which he usually gets, btw. Bibi probably doesn't mind being a whore just as long as he gets the cash.
He does not beg, he demands!!
Demand, not beg, Rick.
Bibi, YOU ARE BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU! YOU OUGHT TO 'ZIP IT." You sound a little defensive! You should be ashamed to show your face in the U.S.!
Since when this man has become SO Americanized, thinking about America wellbeings. You want for things work your way bibi, take care of your filthy disgusting and inhuman politics. World have the right to prosecute you as a war criminal for what you are doing, that alone gives the right to even the USG to blame you and your government inhuman acts against Palestinians.
Someone needs to shoot him to the moon so that Alice Cramden can come back.
Obama is pouring benzin to extinguish the fire.
Settlement freeze was invented by Obama and not part of Oslo agreement.
1: Settlement freezing was not part of the Oslo Palestinian-Israel agreement..
""Future negotiations will cover remaining issues, including; Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees, Israeli settlements…..""
refer to : Wikipedia wikiOslo
2: The Palestinians are using Obama statement to divert the international attention from the main peace obstacle.
3: ""Recognize the Israeli Jewish state and declare end of conflict.""
Re, "Recognize the Israeli Jewish state…."
I prefer to recognize the Commandment which states:
"Thou shall not steal"
(Obviously not recognized in the Israeli Jewish state).
Does this mean that Netanyahu is going to welcome back Palestinian refugees? If they pursued a one state solution then everyone could live where they wanted to with equal rights. Doesn't that sound nice Bibi?
what is amazing is the one state solution should be a night mare to Israel. The Palestinians will have to be granted citizenship to the one nation. The zionist have failed to force the Palestinians into other countries so they either cut free the land taken in the 1967 war or they accept those in the land take have to be absorbed. Even the USA accepted native americans as citizens with rights. They sure need to think this one our because I doubt the present majority of Israel will be happy as a miniority.
What PEACE PROCESS is this mad man talking about?
All the talking is just a sham whilst the killing and annexation of Palestinian lands continue UNTIL THERE IS NO LAND AND, HOPEFULLY FOR NETANYAHU. NO PALESTINIANS REMAINING EITHER.
Jews have a right to live anywhere but Palestinians do not have the right to live where their ancestors have lived for over 5,000 years. That is Racism. It is un-American to support the Racist government of Israel. Get your facts straight, Bibi.
"…would never accept any restrictions on where Jews could build settlements…"
A very clear statement that he can hide behind after that. Anyone still have doubts where the Israelis stand on the 2-state solution? And as long as the US sits on it's hands and doesn't forcefully condemn them (and cutoff the flow of guns and money because that is what will get their attention), the Israelis will continue to steal the Palestinian's land.
And it is not only the Palestinians – the whole Arab/Islamic world gets disgruntled by America's kidglove treatment of these rank thieves. Maybe if we bombed the "settlements" instead of Iraq constantly, things would get straightened out in the Mideast a lot sooner
what is un-american is allowing this cancer stik to continue to come to this country and then get to go on every natioanal network and LIE before the people….and no one does a dam thing about it
the zio 4 talking pts are
1 we rock
2 you suck
3 they suck
4 everyone sucks
Netanyaho may have hit the nail on its head. Wasn't America founded by ethnic cleansing?
In a sense Bibi is right in using the term “UN-American” unless we forget who runs the U.S. government.
Money talks; money is power.
Netanyahou wants both an gets both any way he can.
Congress has sold itself like the junkie it is to Bibi's rich buddies.
When you have not answers you launch insults. Bibi been morally bankrupt for so long that few still take him serious. The biggest mistake Israel has made in it short history has been electing people horror to the long term interest of Israel. It is difficult to make the claim your the most moral nation when you have clear war mongers as your leaders. I have come to the conclusion that a former bar bouncer actually is the best of elected officials. He is clearly punch drunk so one can accept it is brain damage which causes his sickness.
Criticizing Jewish/Zionist state is Anti-American??
Too comical Bibi!!
He lnsults this us president then and its people then proceeds to crap all over him
America — Created by slave owners
to legalize the theft of blacks from Africa,
to legalize the theft of land from native Americans.
For ninety years after America was created, chain slavery of blacks was legal, to this day the economical slavery of blacks is perfectly legal.
To this day, the Native Americans continue to have all their land stolen from them at gun point, continue to be forced to live on Reservations containing the most hostile, barren and worthless land in America, so worthless that only if your receiving charity from the state could you survive.
The zionist keep on killing the paleamericans.. pstinians for their land justas the yanks did to the native