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Israeli Deputy FM: Hagel a "Decent and Fair Interlocutor"
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/01/perspective_1.php?ref=fpblghttp://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/ayalon-tells-jewish-leaders-hagel-is-a-decent-and-fair-interlocutor-who-believes-in-u-s-israeli-partnership-1.493344
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon told Jewish leaders in New York on Thursday that President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, is a “decent and fair interlocutor who believes in the natural partnership between Israel and the United States.”
Ayalon told a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, which convened to bid him farewell, “I know Hagel personally. When I was ambassador in Washington, we had many meetings, I cannot say that we agreed on everything, but he was a decent and fair interlocutor and you can reason with him. I think he believes in the relationship, in the natural partnership between Israel and the United States.”
Ayalon told a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, which convened to bid him farewell, “I know Hagel personally. When I was ambassador in Washington, we had many meetings, I cannot say that we agreed on everything, but he was a decent and fair interlocutor and you can reason with him. I think he believes in the relationship, in the natural partnership between Israel and the United States.”
Normally this would be enough to shut the 'thugs up, but then, the 'thugs are not normal. They'll most likely ignore this, which would be a shame, because Pub attempts at smearing Hagel as a RADICAL NAZI HITLER BABYEATER ANTI-ISRAEL ANTI-SEMITE HOLOCAUST 666 while visibly aware he'd been praised by the deputy FM of Israel would have been hilarious.
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stood his ground 
The louder Bibi screamed for war, the higher the gas prices went because of speculation. Meanwhile the president got blamed for it. He put his election on the line by standing his ground and also possibly averted WW3. Nice win Mr President.
