".... Haim Malka, deputy director and senior fellow in the Middle East Program at Center for Strategic and International Studies, said: "If Netanyahu is at all serious about talks with the Palestinian Authority, this will be just the beginning of his coalition woes. Meanwhile, the Israeli bilateral relationship with the United States has just become much more difficult. It is hard to remember a time when a senior U.S. official used the word 'condemn' to describe the actions of any ally, let alone a close ally such as Israel, but that is precisely what the vice president did."Abraham Foxman, head of the Anti-Defamation League, called the timing of Israel's decision unfortunate but said it was not Biden's job to issue a condemnation. "The condemnation should have been issued by the State Department in Washington," said Foxman."By taking this erroneous step, Biden undermined the central purpose of his trip to Israel - strengthening the friendship and cooperation between Israel and the U.S. "
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From Haaretz:
"From the Israeli perspective, this embarrassing affair could have much more serious consequences. The main purpose of Biden's visit is to increase Israeli-U.S. coordination in the campaign against Iran's nuclear program. As things stand, the level of trust between Barack Obama and Netanyahu is low. If the prime minister proves once again that he can't be trusted not to embarrass the U.S. president when it comes to construction in Jerusalem and the settlements, how can they trust each other on Iran, where the issue of coordination is more critical? "
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1155630.html
With such 'friendship' who needs enmity?! Netanyahu is overplaying his hand and time (hopefully soon) Americans will realize that Israel is doing strategic harm to US interests not only in the Arab and Muslim world but all around.
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