Israel: Which is the Problem? Obama’s Policies or Netanyahu’s Culture of Fear?
Posted by Ali Yenidunya in Middle East & IranIsrael Update: Who’s Busted Now? White House Takes on Netanyahu
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Is the strained relationship between Israelis and the Obama Administration the consequence of mistakes made by the Obama Administration, as argued by Haaretz’s Bradley Burston, or of a fear culture promoted by the Netanyahu Government, as New York Times’s Henry Siegman contends?
Israelis and Obama
Henry Siegman
Polls indicate that President Obama enjoys the support of only 6 to 10 percent of the Israeli public — perhaps his lowest popularity in any country in the world.
According to media reports, the president’s advisers are searching for ways of reassuring Israel’s public of President Obama’s friendship and unqualified commitment to Israel’s security.
That friendship and commitment are real, President Obama’s poll numbers in Israel notwithstanding. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to reinforce that message during her visit to Israel. The presidential envoy George Mitchell has reportedly been asked to make similar efforts during his far more frequent visits to Jerusalem.
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