For the first time a new prime minister's visit to the US doesn't look like fun. Back in Israel everyone is worried. The new US president is different from his predecessors. Obama believes that the image of the US has been greatly harmed by the pro- Israel bias of US foreign policy. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Some of this is fairly insightful, but flowery toward the Obama administration. A few claims are dubious. From what I remember, for instance, Obama was very warm with AIPAC during the campaign...
The new US president is different from his predecessors. Obama believes that the image of the US has been greatly harmed by the pro- Israel bias of US foreign policy.
Since he took office Obama has stood by the two-state solution, calling on Israel to stop building more settlements and halt enlarging existing ones. The Obama administration said it could talk to a Palestinian government that included members of Hamas. That came as a shock to Israel.
