Today, many administration officials say the Gaza conflict—the third between Israel and Hamas in under six years—has persuaded them that Mr. Netanyahu and his national security team are both reckless and untrustworthy. Israeli officials, in turn, describe the Obama administration as weak and naive, and are doing as much as they can to bypass the White House in favor of allies in Congress and elsewhere in the administration. While Israeli officials have privately told their U.S. counterparts the poor state of relations isnt in Israels interest long term, they also said they believed Mr. Netanyahu wasnt too worried about the tensions. The reason is that he can rely on the firmness of Israeli support in Congress, even if he doesnt have the White Houses full approval for his policies. The prime minister thinks he can simply wait out the current administration, they say.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 06:23:50 +0000
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