One of the participants at the meeting asked the president to take a lower profile regarding the public differences between his administration and the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the United States’ demand that Israel freeze all settlement construction activity in the West Bank. “This situation is not helpful,” he told the president, who rejected the request, saying that during the eight years of the Bush administration, such disagreements were never made public but that such an approach was not helpful in advancing the peace process.

Kind of sounds like a White House WTF moment to me.

Also sounds like all of that pulpit-thumping Zionist-bashing the Rev. Wright did at the Trinity United Church of Christ wasn’t a complete waste of time, even if Obama said he wasn’t listening to those parts.

But the Rev. Wright was wrong about at least one thing. It turns out Obama isn’t afraid of offending Jews and Israel at all.

Anyway, Ha’aretz goes out with something else to reflect on.

Meanwhile, Netanyahu met with the Quartet’s Middle East envoy Tony Blair yesterday to discuss ways to improve the Palestinian economy. Netanyahu told Blair that the West Bank’s Palestinian residents could achieve more if they were to increase their cooperation with Israel.


Reflect on what life would be like for Palestinians with an actual economy, an end to checkpoints and barriers, all that, plus schools, TV shows, news programs and sermons that offer something more useful than “Death to Israel.”

Our friends apparently have as much to fear from Obama as we do. So to our allies, please except our sincerest apologies for that dumbass who occupies the WH. America is still great, we just happen to have some real losers in charge at the moment.