No Deal, No Pictures, No Dinner

Israeli Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu had a rough ride in Washington this week. According to the Times it culminated with the American President walking out on Netanyahu and leaving him stranded while Obama ate dinner without his guest.
Relations between the two governments have become increasingly strained in recent weeks. One American official, reported by Israeli news source Debka File, notes that the friendship between the US and its Israeli ally is at a 54 year low. The spat appears to have escalated over a building permit Israel recently approved for 1600 homes in east Jerusalem. Obama apparently wants to force Israeli to divide Jerusalem up and give half of it to the proposed Palestinian state. Israel regained control of the city in 1967 after more than 2500 years and regards Jerusalem as its eternal indivisible capital. The Hebrew scriptures note that Jerusalem will become a heavy stone for all peoples, that all nations will align against Jerusalem but that the God of Israel will intervene to defend Jerusalem.
According to Debka File the underlying reason for the spat is that Israel has so far refused to give America an undertaking that it will not take military action against Iran’s growing nuclear program. Israel is arguably most at risk from Iranian nukes especially since Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, continues to make threats against Israel. However according to the same news source two other America allies Saudi Arabia and the Unite Arab Emirates are said to be unhappy with Obama’s “do nothing” response to Iran’s ongoing nuclear program.
Israel bombed an Iraqi nuclear facility in 1981 and Obama is clearly afraid that Israel may target Iran. So afraid that he intends to overthrow the Netanyahu administration, that’s according to Debka file. The Washington Post notes that Netanyahu is being treated like an unsavoury thrird world dictator. Obama did not pose for photographs with Netanyahu apparently because the Israeli refused to issue a press release dictated by the White House.
Some Israeli’s took a somewhat lighter view of the whole affair….