for what it's worth: >Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu left the United States humiliated on >Wednesday after a disastrous trip to Washington that Israeli newspapers have >described as "a hazing in stages." Obama reportedly left the prime minister to >eat dinner by himself on Tuesday, and despite planning to stay an extra day, >Netanyahu returned to Israel early on Wednesday. According to the Times of >London, Obama has been enraged with Netanyahu since the Israeli leader >overshadowed Biden's peace-building trip to the region by announcing the >construction of 1,600 new houses in a contested part of East Jerusalem. While >the prime minister presented Obama with "a flow chart purporting to show that >he was not be responsible [sic] for the timing of announcements," this >evidently did not put a dent in the president's anger. Obama left the room and >reportedly told Netanyahu that "I'm still around. … Let me know if there is >anything new." By the end of the evening, the Israeli delegation was >apparently so mistrustful of American officials that they chose not to use the >phone line they had been given for fear of wiretapping.<
from SLATE. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
