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Monday, September 17, 2012

Israel: "I have never seen an Israeli PM who has so mismanaged Israeli-US relations"

Haaretz
 
Haaretz

by Chemi Shalev

Netanyahu, in damage control mode, enlists JFK and American football in calling for 'red lines' on Iran

Telling comment by columnist Jeffrey Goldberg on NBC: I have never seen an Israeli PM who has so mismanaged Israeli-US relations.

In an attempt to mitigate some of the damage caused by his harsh statements last week, Netanyahu appeared on CNN and on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday and successfully avoided making any statement that might be construed as endorsing Mitt Romney. He may also have set up the ladder that will allow him to climb down from his demand for US action before the upcoming elections by stating that Iran will have 90% of the material needed for a nuclear bomb – but only in six months’ time. In fact, when drawing on football terms with which his American audience is familiar, as is his wont, Netanyahu actually appeared to be inching closer to Obama’s own positions, saying that the Iranians are now in a “red zone”, 20 yards from the “red line”, but must not be allowed to score “a touchdown”, that is acquiring a nuclear weapon.

Read it at Haaretz: 

http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/west-of-eden/netanyahu-in-damage-control-mode-enlists-jfk-and-american-football-in-calling-for-red-lines-on-iran.premium-1.465344

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