Barack Obama reportedly said that Bibi Netanyahu is "reckless and untrustworthy" and halted a missile shipment to Israel.
I guess when Obama wrote in his book that he "will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction" he wasn't kidding around.
From Ynet:
The US administration has halted a shipment of Hellfire aerial anti-armor missiles to Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing government sources.[/B]
The sources noted that Israel had requested the transfer of ammunitions directly from the Pentagon, without receiving the approval of the White House or State Department officials.[/B]
"We were blindsided," one US diplomat said, while a US defense official insisted that "there was no intent to blindside anyone. The process for this transfer was followed precisely along the lines that it should have."[/B]
According to the sources, White House officials were concerned about Israel's use of artillery, instead of precision-guided munitions in the more densely populated areas in the Gaza Strip. [...][/B]
An Israeli official told the newspaper that the rift between Israel and the US has now deepened: "We've been there before with a lot of tension with us and Washington. What we have now, on top of that, is mistrust and a collision of different perspectives on the Middle East."[/B]
Obama and Netanyahu reportedly had a "particularly combative" phone call on Wednesday.[/B]
US officials are quoted by the Journal as saying the current Gaza conflict has "persuaded them that Mr. Netanyahu and his national security team are both reckless and untrustworthy."[/B]
To Israel and Bibi, we are so sorry. I am sorry for Obama and the way he is treating you. I am sorry that enough of our citizens vote without doing their homework.
What Barack Obama just said about Bibi Netanyahu
I guess when Obama wrote in his book that he "will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction" he wasn't kidding around.
From Ynet:
The US administration has halted a shipment of Hellfire aerial anti-armor missiles to Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing government sources.[/B]
The sources noted that Israel had requested the transfer of ammunitions directly from the Pentagon, without receiving the approval of the White House or State Department officials.[/B]
"We were blindsided," one US diplomat said, while a US defense official insisted that "there was no intent to blindside anyone. The process for this transfer was followed precisely along the lines that it should have."[/B]
According to the sources, White House officials were concerned about Israel's use of artillery, instead of precision-guided munitions in the more densely populated areas in the Gaza Strip. [...][/B]
An Israeli official told the newspaper that the rift between Israel and the US has now deepened: "We've been there before with a lot of tension with us and Washington. What we have now, on top of that, is mistrust and a collision of different perspectives on the Middle East."[/B]
Obama and Netanyahu reportedly had a "particularly combative" phone call on Wednesday.[/B]
US officials are quoted by the Journal as saying the current Gaza conflict has "persuaded them that Mr. Netanyahu and his national security team are both reckless and untrustworthy."[/B]
To Israel and Bibi, we are so sorry. I am sorry for Obama and the way he is treating you. I am sorry that enough of our citizens vote without doing their homework.
What Barack Obama just said about Bibi Netanyahu