Jerusalem official accuses White House of lying about requested Netanyahu-Obama meeting
Despite US denials, senior official insists the prime minister asked to see Obama on sidelines of UN General Assembly
By Raphael Ahren September 12, 2012, 4:13 pm
President Barack Obama with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, DC in March
The Israeli government on Wednesday accused the White House of lying by denying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had requested to meet US President Barack Obama later this month in the US.
The accusation will likely serve to further escalate diplomatic tensions between the two countries, which have ramped up in recent days.
“We requested a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York and also suggested that the prime minister could come to Washington,” for a meeting, a senior government official in Jerusalem told the German DPA news agency on Wednesday.
White House spokesman Tommy Vietor had said earlier that no such request was made or rejected.
On Tuesday evening, after reports surfaced claiming Obama refused to meet Netanyahu during his short US trip later this month — reportedly due to a scheduling issue — it seemed like bilateral relations were headed toward a serious crisis.
But later that night, the president called Netanyahu and the two leaders spoke for about an hour, seemingly calming the situation.
According to a statement the White House published after the conversation, Netanyahu and Obama agreed to continue holding “close consultations” regarding the Iranian nuclear program in the future.
Both Jerusalem and Washington fear that Tehran is pursuing nuclear weapons and agree the regime should be prevented from reaching that goal. The two governments differ regarding the means to achieve this, though. While Netanyahu seems to favor a preemptive military strike some time soon, Obama wants to first exhaust diplomacy and sanctions aimed at convincing Iran to give up on its nuclear ambitions.
Earlier on Tuesday, Netanyahu launched an unprecedentedly bitter attack on the US administration, saying that countries that refused to set deadlines for Iran to give up its nuclear program have no right to tell Israel to hold back on taking preemptive military action to thwart the regime’s nuclear ambitions.
“The world tells Israel to wait because there is still time. And I ask: Wait for what? Until when? Those in the international community who refuse to put red lines before Iran don’t have a moral right to place a red light before Israel,” Netanyahu said.
His statement constituted a harsh rebuttal of comments made by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who said on Sunday that the US will currently not set deadlines or give ultimatums regarding Tehran’s refusal to curb its nuclear program.
3 comments:
Show some courtesy Obama... - Some diplomatic etiquette.
Tell that fake jew THUG you can't come to the door... too busy to talk on the phone...
Gotta watch those boys play on ESPN.
As much as I detest Obama, I LIKE that he dissed war-monger Netanyahu and parasite Israel. Wall Street Insider is obviously a zionist. I used to be a brainwashed American like everyone else, but over the last few years I've come to see that ISRAEL, AIPAC, the Mossad, and JDL are the culprits and MAIN INSTIGATORS of all these wars in the mid-east. ISRAEL is "not" our friend. The Mossad was HEAVILY involved in perpetrating 9/11 planned by their war-mongering dual-citizen Israelis in PNAC and the thousands of other dual-citizens they've placed at the TOP LEVELS of virtually EVERY federal agency -- to include the Pentagon, State Dept, 16 intelligence agencies, the Defense board and defense "ADVISORS", presidential envoys and "ADVISORS", and ALL THE THINK-TANKS, ambassadors, DHS, FEMA, etc. Israel is responsible for training all our big-city cops to BASH IN THE HEADS of lst Amendment protesters.
The Israeli Zionists OWN ALL 6 too-big-to-fail banks and the dastardly FEDERAL RESERVE BANK that has cheated Americans for over 100 years. THEY OWN ALL THE PROPAGANDA NEWS AND HOLLYWOOD. THEY "RUN" CONGRESS with money and threats. THEY "RUN" THE DASTARDLY ANTI-AMERICAN HOMELAND INSECURITY, TSA, AND FEMA. All of Obama's appointees have been zionist, to include Kagan on the Supreme court. ALL 45 CZARS ARE ZIONISTS. They and their lapdogs in congress have been VERY BUSY writing legislation to REMOVE THE CONSTITUTION and BILL OF RIGHTS.
16 U.S. "intelligence" agencies and SecDef Panetta just produced a report saying IRAN DOES NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, NOR IS IT BUILDING ONE. Yet war-monger Netanyahu is chomping at the bit to BOMB them, using AMERICAN MONEY and AMERICAN BLOOD. ISRAEL has over 400 nukes that have NEVER been inspected, and they've vowed TO TAKE THE WHOLE WORLD DOWN WITH THEM if attacked. U.S. TAXPAYERS are forking over $3 BILLION PER YR foreign aid to Israel, $18 BILLION per year in arms, and for at least 30 years, the Pentagon has ordered BRAND NEW AIRPLANE ENGINES and other parts, then “SALVAGED THEM” to give to Israel --- ALL WHILE AMERICANS ARE GOING HOMELESS, JOBLESS AND HUNGRY.
NOW, Israel has the AUDACITY TO DEMAND that CONGRESS FORK OVER "ANOTHER" $7 BILLION PER YR AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT ANNUAL REVIEW. I SAY A "POX" ON THESE LEECHES! THEIR DUAL-CITIZENS AND AIPAC SHOULD BE EXPELLED FROM THIS COUNTRY ONCE AND FOR ALL, AND ALL FOREIGN AID FOR THIS INCESSANT WAR-MONGERING COUNTRY SHOULD CEASE IMMEDIATELY!
It wouldn't surprise me that the Mossad was behind the killing of the American ambassador to stir up more hatred of Americans toward the Muslims. That's the Mossad's modus operandi. Do a dastardly deed and blame it on others.
Yep, I saw Netanyahu on the news last night. (I watch to see what those bastards are up to.) I wanted to smack him in the face. The egotistical rhetoric was nauseating. Nothing but trying to drag us into a war with Iran. (Yes, we know the bad guys are running low on money. Need a new war to replenish the coffers and get more control!!!) I'll be so glad when these self-serving SOBs are removed from power and/or the planet.
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