1/ #PresidentElect #Biden scares some Friends of #Israel bc of a big flare-up when Israel announced settlement bldg when VP Biden arrived on March 9, 2010.
Biden condemned the news, realized it wasn't an Israeli policy shift & made up w Bibi.
But the White House wouldn't have it
Biden condemned the news, realized it wasn't an Israeli policy shift & made up w Bibi.
But the White House wouldn't have it
2/ Read my analysis of crisis from 10 yrs.
Inside the White House, Rahm Emanuel's axiom ruled: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste, & what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you didn’t think you could do before."
pjmedia.com/blog/lenny-ben…
Inside the White House, Rahm Emanuel's axiom ruled: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste, & what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you didn’t think you could do before."
pjmedia.com/blog/lenny-ben…
3/ SecState Hillary Clinton blasted #Netanyahu on the phone for 43 minutes.
Pres advisor Axelrod on TV: Israel' move was “very destructive … an affront … an insult. … What it did was it made more difficult a very difficult process.”
NYT's Roger Cohen weighed in w WH message.
Pres advisor Axelrod on TV: Israel' move was “very destructive … an affront … an insult. … What it did was it made more difficult a very difficult process.”
NYT's Roger Cohen weighed in w WH message.
4/ In case you're interested, where is this Ramat Shlomo "settlement?" It's part of the Jerusalem municipality, yards from the 1967 armistice line, adjacent to Jerusalem's Sanhedria neighborhood.
No big deal, unless the WH wanted to make it a BIG DEAL.
No big deal, unless the WH wanted to make it a BIG DEAL.
5/ J Street, still very new, was called into the White House & met over the next few days w the WH's Valerie Jarrett, head of Office of Public Engagement, & her staff, per WH visitors' records.
Remember: #Biden & Bibi had already made up & put the crisis behind them.
Remember: #Biden & Bibi had already made up & put the crisis behind them.
6/ J Street published statements & a NEW YORK TIMES ad attacking #Israel & the "slap in the face to VP Joe Biden."
VP Biden was at the center of the maelstrom. Did he contribute to the gang up on Israel? Did he object?
Are we going to see similar actions in a new Administration?
VP Biden was at the center of the maelstrom. Did he contribute to the gang up on Israel? Did he object?
Are we going to see similar actions in a new Administration?
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