Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has enjoyed higher approval ratings the last month ahead of his planned speech in front of a joint session of the United States Congress next month.
President Barack Obama was miffed at House Speaker John Boehner's decision to skirt the White House and invite Netanyahu to speak on March 3. The White House, along with other Democrat lawmakers, have voiced their opposition to Boehner's tactics.
The White House said Obama will not meet with Netanyahu when he is in Washington, a move seen by some insiders as a not-so-subtle shot to the Israeli leader. But Netanyahu has seen his approval rating spike to 51 percent, up from 46 percent a month ago.
If Obama had any intention to deflate Netanyahu ahead of Israel's March 17 election, Jennifer Rubin writes for the Washington Post, the opposite rang true.
"If President Obama intended to damage Netanyahu back home by throwing a fit over the House invitation for him to speak, it surely did not work as planned," writes Jennifer Rubin. "The effort instead reveals just how woefully ignorant — or indifferent — Obama is about the region, about Israel and mostly about his own image."
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8 comments:
AWESOME.
Not having the endorsement of Obama may be seen as a huge plus.
Pray he wins by a landslide.
Another jab by our muslim coward king!
Obama needs to go to a timeout corner and suck his thumb!
You have to wonder if Netanyahu isn't actually quite relieved that he doesn't have to spend any time making nicey-nicey with the King.
I sure would be if I was in his place.
Strange when Israel's leader seems more American then
our own PPresident.
Perhaps not "despite" but "because."
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