'Obama is the best thing Israel has going for it'

[Scurrilous]

New York Magazine dubs US President Barack Obama 'first Jewish president'; says Jewish community's perception of the president is warped

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4124518,00.html

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"Barack Obama is the best thing Israel has going for it right now," the New York Magazine's cover story declared on Monday.

The in-depth feature said that Obama's policies regarding Israel were the diplomatic equivalent of "tough love" – which it said Israel needed, despite its reluctance to accept it.

The magazine exposes the immense frustration felt by White House officials by what it calls the Jewish perception of Obama as the most anti-Israel president since Jimmy Carter.

Barack Obama is the best thing Israel has going for it right now. Why is that so difficult for Netanyahu and his American Jewish allies to understand?" the magazine wonders.

The feature goes on to detail Washington's frustration and fury over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's personal behavior towards Obamas, as well as with his obstinacy vis-à-vis the American president's Mideast vision.

The frustration, the article said, was shared by Vice President Joe Biden Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and former Mideast envoy George Mitchell; all of whom "were apoplectic with (Netanyahu) whose behavior over the past two years had already tried their patience."


The Tsuris

http://nymag.com/news/politics/israel-2011-9/

Barack Obama is the best thing Israel has going for it right now. Why is that so difficult for Netanyahu and his American Jewish allies to understand?

[orpupilofnature57]

1. We've Always been the best thing Israel has going for it ,Financially..

Military wise,and always Diplomatically.

[oberliner]

2. Amen to that

Although if President Obama was posting here, he'd probably be reviled for his views on the subject by certain elements of this community.