Fortunately for Obama, Netanyahu’s remarks will help him regain most of the Jewish voters he may have lost in the last two years. Even if what he says is true, there is no getting around the fact that Obama has been the least supportive of Israel of any American president. While Jimmy Carter is much more anti-Israel than Obama, his hatred of Israel has manifested itself only since he left office.
NETANYAHU EXPRESSES ‘DISAPPOINTMENT’ WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT’S UN SPEECH
In an interview with NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’, Netanyahu talks about Mahmoud Abbas’ consistent refusal to ‘accept Israel’s existence’, the ‘insatiable crocodile’ of Islamism, and America’s continual support for Israel.
By Natasha Mozgovaya
Haaretz Daily
September 25, 2011
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his “disappointment” on Sunday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech to the UN General Assembly, during an interview with NBC’s long-running news show “Meet the Press”.
Netanyahu, who sat down for an interview with host David Gregory, stated both that he was “trying to move forward” the peace process through negotiations, and that the “core of the conflict” lies with the Palestinians’ persistent “refusal to accept Israel’s existence.
When asked about threats facing Israel, Netanyahu answered that he is responsible for the “fate of the one and only Jewish state", and he seeks to "erect the wall against insatiable crocodile of Islamism, before it devours us for breakfast.”
Netanyahu further rebuffed several Republican presidential contenders’ claims that Obama is “throwing Israel under the bus” by saying that America supports Israel in “unprecedented ways” and that this support is “expressed by any person who happens to be in the White House".
Netanyahu also commented on former President Bill Clinton's claim that the Israeli Prime Minister is not interested in peace, telling Gregory that Clinton's successor, President George W. Bush, knows well “how the Palestinian leaders moved away from the Israeli prime ministers' proposals. They didn't come, and now they go to the UN".
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