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Media-Propaganda-Trap for Iran: Netanyahu ‘chickenshit’ & ‘coward’: US officials go tough on Israeli PM

 
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Media-Propaganda-Trap for Iran: Netanyahu ‘chickenshit’ & ‘coward’: US officials go tough on Israeli PM
Netanyahu ‘chickenshit’ & ‘coward’: US officials go tough on Israeli PM

Published time: October 29, 2014
Edited time: October 29, 2014

Human rights, Israel, Law, Middle East, Politics, USA, Violence, War
US-Israeli relations have sunk to new lows after Obama administration officials were cited calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “chickenshit” and “coward” engaging in political posturing, instead of efforts at Middle-Eastern de-escalation.

The comments were delivered in a conversation with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg on condition of anonymity. To many they symbolize the next step in a “full-blown crisis” of relations between the two, primarily over Netanyahu’s relentless settlement-building in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the Iranian nuclear issue.

“The thing about Bibi is, he’s a chickenshit,” said one official, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname. “The good thing about Netanyahu is that he’s scared to launch wars. The bad thing about him is that he won’t do anything to reach an accommodation with the Palestinians or with the Sunni Arab states,” he continued.

Goldberg keeps a running list of all the things US officials have ever called Netanyahu in interviews, and it’s not small. “Aspergery” popped up, among other things. But it is the first time high-ranking officials have expressed their views of the Israeli leader in such a “gloves-off manner.”

A partial view taken on October 29, 2014 shows cranes used to construct new buildings in the Israeli settlement of Har Homa, which was originally built in the 1990s, in the annexed Arab east Jerusalem area of Jabal Abu Ghneim. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)

Netanyahu has repeatedly said he will not halt construction of 1,000 new housing units, which are considered illegal under international law, when built beyond the established 1967 ‘green line.’

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Re: Media-Propaganda-Trap for Iran: Netanyahu ‘chickenshit’ & ‘coward’: US officials go tough on Israeli PM
Yeah I saw that and thought they are Baiting Israel to do something!





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