The Obama Administration and Israel don’t see eye to eye on much these days, and the latest source of tension is the Ukraine regime change and the subsequent dramatic anti-Russia swing in US policy.
The US assumed Israel would be on board with the shift, and has expressed anger at Israel’s refusal to support a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia over the Crimea.
Israeli officials, for once, are arguing that the situation is none of their business, with Soviet-born Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman staking out a policy of neutrality on the matter. Israel’s Defense Ministry seems to be backing the stance too, arguing they don’t need to automatically endorse the US position.
US officials disagree vehemently, and were reportedly “incensed” that Lieberman suggested relations with both the US and Russia were important to retain, since the US gives Israel billions annually, and Russia doesn’t.
In many ways the split has also been reflected in media coverage of the situation in Ukraine, as US media has dutifully mirrored government claims of Russian aggression, and claimed anti-semitism among the neo-Nazi Right Sector in the Ukraine as a “myth.” Israel’s media, by contrast, has reported extensively on attacks against Ukrainian synagogues, and the growing emigration of Jews from the nation.
LOL !
That's what happens when you don't want to obey the master. All there is are the old manipulated "politics" tricks, if you want my help what's in it for me. For years such a dishonest politics played by USG-EU to establish their dishonesty and deception politics toward nations in Middle East, Eastern Europe, Far East, Central Asia, South America and…, but now the truth of the matter is showing up, if you want my support on Ukraine then you need to give me more right to steal more of Palestinians land, that is what Israel is saying, you want my support in Ukraine then you have to pay me, that's what Israel is saying. Playing a dishonest politics well give you a dishonest partner, unless you are as your partner is and don't care.
This demonstrates quite amply how arrogant and ignorant American policy makers are, especially where history is concerned. Neither Russians nor Ukrainians are slouches where anti-Semitism is concerned, but the Ukrainians are by far the worse of the two. The Ukrainian nationalists looked upon the Nazis as liberators, and to demonstrate their appreciation, carried out a large scale pogrom in Lvov, and helped round up Jews for the SS. There were no Russian pogroms in WWII. The Ukrainians' hatred of the Jews goes back to at least the mid 17th century. Why would US policymakers be so surprised that a nation of Jews would have a problem backing Ukrainian nationalism? Because they are arrogant, ignorant morons.
And you've touched here on the right analysis, of course.Though American policymakers so routinely have a hard time pursuing American interests when it comes to Israel, Israeli policymakers have no such difficulty pursuing Israeli interests when it comes to America. Then again there are no such American organizations in Israel buying Israeli politicians the way AIPAC buys American politician in the United States. Are we to conclude, then, that there are no Israelis with purchasable loyalties? :-}
Fine, the U.S. should just tell Israel, okay, we'll keep our millions in aid to you and it will help our own deficit.
billions – not millions, to keep it in the proper perspective.
there are ten times more israelis who came from russia than from the united states.
3 times more israeli came from romania then from the united states.
Perhaps the United States will now understand that Israel has very different interests to the United States and that the United States should follow its own interests rather than Israel's.
But the Zionist lobby won't let it.
The United States interests are currently secondary to the interests of the individuals who give billions to Congress and the Administration.
Imagine if US politicians had the courage of their Israeli counterparts and told the special interests where they could put their money and instead decided to govern the US on behalf of the people who live here?
Oh, well. Nice dream for the few seconds it lasted.
Not just right sector that’s anti Semitic. In 2012, the EU parliament also warned about svobodas anti semitism, as did Jewish organizations.
Ho! Ho! Ho! The worm is turning.
Looks like the Israelis realize what the neocon idiots in Washington don’t; Russia is not the Soviet Union.
Oh yeah,the Zionists in America have no link with the Zionists in Israel.Ha.They are playing US.
I imagine the conflict the in CONgress must be tearing them apart. To be an Israel-Firster – and – an old anti-Russian warmonger…which way to go? Which "master" should they follow? Time to break out the popcorn and sit back and enjoy the show.
what….Our great allie that The U.S has never signed a mutual agreement with is suddenly not an allie. This cannot be true there is no daylight between them. You mean to tell me the MSM has got it all wrong. Whats going on??????
But…but there is no daylight between US policy and israel!!!
Oddly enough, the Israelis are closer to the correct policy than the US.
Bottom line, the Jews feel more comfortable with the Russians at their back than the neo-nazis breathing down their necks.
Getting Israel's endorsement is needed to give our foreign policy legitimacy? Has the world flipped upside down since yesterday?
Israel won’t support a paleoNazi takeover of Ukraine?!?!… Who would ever have thunk it?
The Israeli gov't is evil not stupid.