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| Bibi Schooling Bambi: Slapdown Edition |
Sitting at Mr. Obama’s side in the Oval Office, leaning toward him and at times looking him directly in the eye, the Israeli leader bluntly rejected compromises of the sort Mr. Obama outlined the day before in hopes of reviving a moribund peace process. Mr. Obama, who had sought to emphasize Israel’s concerns in his remarks moments earlier, stared back impassively.
In his remarks, delivered after a meeting that stretched far longer than scheduled, Mr. Netanyahu warned against “a peace based on illusions,” seemingly leaving the prospect for new talks as remote as they have been since the last major American push for speech collapsed last fall.
Most significant among his public objections, Mr. Netanyahu said that Israel would not accept a return to the boundaries that existed before the war in 1967 gave it control of the West Bank and Gaza, calling them indefensible. ...
“Remember that before 1967, Israel was all of nine miles wide; it’s half the width of the Washington Beltway,” Mr. Netanyahu said. He was referring to the narrowest point between the West Bank and the Mediterranean Sea, north of Tel Aviv, while displaying a well-honed familiarity with American cultural references to make his point for an American audience. “These were not the boundaries of peace. They were the boundaries of repeated wars.”
Mr. Netanyahu characterized Hamas as “the Palestinian version of Al Qaeda” and flatly refused to hold any talks with the Palestinians if they were included. He also emphasized that Israel would not accept the return of Palestinian refugees to Israeli soil, an issue Mr. Obama had suggested should be deferred while the two sides worked on borders and security issues. “Everybody knows it’s not going to happen,” Mr. Netanyahu said. “And I think it’s time to tell the Palestinians forthrightly, it’s not going to happen.”
UPDATE! Jeffery Goldberg whined about Bibi's remarks yesterday, before he even met face-to-face with (and spanked) BHO. I wonder how he's feeling today?
Mark Levin certainly nailed Goldberg...
Obama is a bully. Whether oil company execs, GM execs, those who oppose him on Obamacare or cap-and-trade, whether his NLRB or his Justice Department, the Obama administration's thuggish behavior has been felt far and wide, including by American citizens. It's about time someone stood up to the bully Obama and his administration of thugs. Too bad it had to be Israel's prime minister, but somebody needed to. Deal with it. More to come, I hope.Dear Mr. Nobody, your post is pathetic
Don't fuck with Israel. Not even Chicagoland power brokers can hold a candle.
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