Israel's Netanyahu Downplays Rift With Obama

[steve2470]

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Israels-Netanyahu-Downplays-Rift-with-Obama-122410109.html


President Barack Obama (r) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House, May 20, 2011
Photo: AP

Israel's prime minister is downplaying his dispute with the U.S. president about the borders of a future Palestinian state.

Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday the rift with Barack Obama has been "blown way out of proportion."

Netanyahu has said Israel could not go back to the borders that it had before the 1967 Six-Day War, as proposed by Obama. The Israeli prime minister has said those lines would be "indefensible."

Netanyahu met Obama at the White House last week.

[DCBob]

1. Bibe is feeling the heat... backpeddling his harsh comments from last Friday.

Today's speech by Obama at AIPAC will be interesting. I hope he keeps the pressure on.

[hlthe2b]

2. Bibe certainly should be feeling the heat...

I can only hope this pushes his departure... Israel needs a sharp turn leftward.

[DCBob]

3. I wonder if that may be part of the strategy by the WH..

It is noteworthy that the opposition leader released a statement sharply criticizing Netanyahu.