With Netanyahu’s speech to Congress having come and gone, the focus now is on the damage done to US-Israeli ties. US officials see rapprochement as possible, but see the replacement of Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer as a key to that.
Dermer was a hugely controversial choice for Israeli envoy because of his long-standing political ties to the Republicans in the US. He convinced Netanyahu to openly back Mitt Romney in the 2012 vote.
The administration sees Dermer as the “instigator” of Netanyahu’s recent speech, and believe that he and House Speaker John Boehner (R – OH) worked together to plan the invite, just weeks ahead of Israel’s election.
Since his appointment, Dermer has been faulted by the Israeli government for campaigning for Netanyahu in violation of his role as ambassador. Though a close ally to Netanyahu, cutting him loose might be the simplest way to smooth over months of acrimony.
As much as I want to see Dermer gone, more important is that there be no rapprochement, if it's a matter of either or.
I would think 90% of the people are with you. Well said.
Ah! now that the Goat to Azrael has been chosen, the beams of daylight pouring in between the two ¨allies¨ can be papered over.
US should cut all support /free money!!/ to Israel. Its discrace to support régime who violates almost all internacional laws and norms. As I say again and again, Israel creation was the "biggest mistake mistake" after WW2…Even if relatively noble idea after horrors of WW2…who would forecast what destructive régime will be born in ME!!! And this is not end to their reign of terrorism and arrogance with no limit….Petr CR
This is the perfect time to do it.
Ukraine to Obama: you created the crisis, you fix it.
Jason Ditz, very good point but scapegoating one very small player is not the solution! People in Israel are tired of Natanyahu and they want him out! That would be a better solution for Israel and for the rest of the world.
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Of today's Americans, 2% are Jews. Of today's American millionaires, 50% are Jews. As in Weimar Germany, they are organized and cunningly extract enormous amounts of money from our economy without contributing value. Wall Street has become a Jewish run casino serving itself and Jewry. Our news media is mostly Jewish owned and blatantly Israel/Jew biased. Our electoral process has been corrupted by AIPAC, the Jewish Conference of Presidents and more enormous amounts of Jewish money. Israel has occupied not just Palestine, but America too. The Wall Street felons remaining unpunished, AIPAC actually writing congressional legislation, and lack of treason indictments attest to the depth of the occupation. The Jewish state instigated 9/11, all our Mideast wars, and benefited from all. None were in American interests, yet we did the dying and suffered the Great Recession. Our diminished America is now being quietly overthrown from within and transformed into a world dominating racist ultrapower, the JEWISH STATE OF AMERICA.