Obama official criticizes Israeli Ambassador over Netanyahu speech

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Netanyahu speech Thu, Jan 29, 2015 11:07 PM EST 6:41 Fox Business Videos ..... if someone could post the video for me thanks mick








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FNC political analyst Julie Roginsky, FNC contributor Judy Miller and FNC’s Jedediah Bila on the tense relationship between the Obama Administration and Israel.

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Obama won't meet with Netanyahu during controversial U.S. visitWhite House says it's too close to Israel's electionshttps://s.yimg.com/os/152/2012/02/16/olivier-40x40-jpg_002342.jpg (https://news.yahoo.com/author/olivier-knox/) By Olivier Knox (https://news.yahoo.com/author/olivier-knox/) January 22, 2015 12:38 PM Yahoo News













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President Barack Obama will not meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the latter's controversial March 3 visit to Washington, the White House announced Thursday, saying a meeting could be perceived as an attempt by the administration to influence Israel's March 17 elections."The president will not be meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu because of the proximity to the Israeli election, which is just two weeks after his planned address to the U.S. Congress," National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said in a emailed statement.
“As a matter of long-standing practice and principle, we do not see heads of state or candidates in close proximity to their elections, so as to avoid the appearance of influencing a democratic election in a foreign country," she said.
Netanyahu's visit has further strained already difficult relations between the Israeli leader and Obama. Republican House Speaker John Boehner invited Netanyahu to address a joint meeting of Congress for the express purpose of challenging the president's approach to Islamist extremism and negotiations with Iran over that country's nuclear program. The White House, which found out about the visit from Boehner's office, accused Israel of breaching diplomatic protocol under which foreign leaders advise host leaders of pending visits.
Netanyahu has made no secret of his opposition to ongoing talks with Iran, saying that Tehran cannot be trusted to abandon its ability to build a nuclear weapon that could directly threaten Israel. His visit will come as the White House tries to tamp down a move in Congress to pass legislation that envisions new economic sanctions on Iran if no satisfactory comprehensive nuclear deal can be reached.
"The president has been clear about his opposition to Congress passing new legislation on Iran that could undermine our negotiations and divide the international community," said Meehan. "The president has had many conversations with the Prime Minister on this matter, and I am sure they will continue to be in contact on this and other important matters.”


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Democratic Rep. Claims Boehner’s Invitation Of Netanyahu Is A Fundraising Pitch January 27, 2015 6:19 PM by Suzanne Vega (http://jpupdates.com/author/suzanne-vega/) Leave a comment (http://jpupdates.com/2015/01/27/john-boehner-invites-israeli-prime-minister-yarmuth-claims-actions-close-subversion/#disqus_thread) (0) Go to comments (http://jpupdates.com/2015/01/27/john-boehner-invites-israeli-prime-minister-yarmuth-claims-actions-close-subversion/#disqus_thread)

http://jpupdates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_5611edit-125x125.jpg (http://jpupdates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_5611edit.jpg)Rep. John Yarmuth says Republican House Speaker John Boehner inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to the House of Representatives is “close to subversion.”Yarmuth also exclaimed that some congress members’ support for Israel is genuine, while others are purely because of fundraising or pressure from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.When asked about Boehner inviting the Prime Minister of Israel, he said, “I am totally outraged at Speaker Boehner for doing it, I think it’s, it was deliberately designed to undermine the president — that’s close to subversion.”“I mean, the president is supposed to be conducting foreign policy, not the Speaker of the House.”“You know, I’m a Jewish member of Congress, I’m a strong supporter of Israel, but my first obligation is to the Constitution of the United States, not to the Constitution of Israel. And unfortunately, I think, some of the demands that are made of members by AIPAC and some strong Jewish supporters are that we pay more attention — I guess we defer — to Israel more than we defer to the United States.”“And that’s another thing, because if he’s going to come over here and say ‘well, my intelligence shows this’ — you know, there’s an implicit, I guess, admission — or not admission, I guess concession — that Israeli intelligence is superior to American intelligence. I’m not ready to sit there and endorse that kind of proposition, and I suspect he will, basically, talk about things like that — you know, try to match their assessment of the situation against ours. And I’m not willing to believe theirs is superior.”Yarmuth added, “And, you know, I was there in the chamber in 2011, when Netanyahu spoke, and there he got I don’t know how many standing ovations. …The first thing out of virtually every Israeli’s mouth was: ‘What was with all the standing ovations?’ And I said: ‘Well, AIPAC was meeting in Washington that week, and the gallery was full of AIPAC members, and every one of the members all wanted to see — make sure that their constituents saw them stand up.’ Well, that was kind of a phony reaction, but the Israelis took it very seriously. And so it can have an impact on the election — and, yeah — totally inappropriate on so many levels.”The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Monday urged national Democrats to condemn Rep. Yarmuth’s offensive comments.“It seems that President Obama and Congressman Yarmuth live in some parallel universe where any support for the state of Israel is the result of “donors” or “fundraising” and not genuine concern and support for Israel and its security,” RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said in a statement. “Despite the tradition of bipartisan support for Israel in Congress, these troubling episodes are occurring more and more frequently from Democrats, including the President. No wonder the GOP continues to make inroads with the Jewish community, increasing Republican support in 6 of the last 7 elections. If Democrats want to continue to be taken seriously by American Jews they should condemn these outrageous remarks.”http://cdn.printfriendly.com/pf-icon-small.gifPrint Friendly (http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=http://jpupdates.com/2015/01/27/john-boehner-invites-israeli-prime-minister-yarmuth-claims-actions-close-subversion/)
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(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaFxVc4xHOea6s5CO0eBxIA) US pro-Israel lobbies threaten to "castigate" democrats if they skip Netanyahu speech



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Pro-Israel lobbies in the United States have threatened to publicly castigate Democrats IF they skip Israeli Prime Minister’s planned speech before Congress.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Jewish conservative backers say they'll be taking attendance of delegates during the March 3rd speech. Netanyahu has been invited by House Speaker John Boehner to address a joint session. But Democrats are angry over the move, which was planned without the knowledge of the government. The White House has already criticized Netanyahu's visit, saying it lacks diplomatic protocol. Vice President Joe Biden has even decided to skip the controversial address. The event is coming just two weeks before the Israeli elections. As it seems, Netanyahu plans to go ahead with the trip despite growing criticism both in Israel and the United States. The Israeli prime minister says he'll address the US Congress to lobby against a nuclear deal with Iran.