Telegraph: Reports " US-Israeli relations become more poisonous by the day..As John Kerry returns to Washington after being pilloried in Israel for a peace proposal that was seen to favour Hamas, the White House leaps to his defence. "
Lets Get Real:
The Oval has a problem, it can threaten the relationship between Israel and the US, but in reality NOTHING is going to change, the Democrats needs the money from the Israeli lobby, and it has been made clear by House Democrats, if its a choice between President Obama and Israel, then the President who thinks he can do what he wants will find himself alone. Presidents come and go, the Israeli Lobby is always there, both Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan asked about the power of this lobby before taking over the Presidency, since leaving office Carter has a fraught relationship with Israel, and it was President Reagan who told the Israeli Government if they did not back off in Lebanon then the relationship between Israel and the US would come under threat. Reagan could win because he was seen as a friend of Israel, thus the threat was real, while Obama has never gotten on with the Israeli PM. One can assume before the 2014 Mid Terms that Democrats will seek some distance between them and the Oval and the Republicans will use the issue to show that Obama does not understand foreign policy.
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