02-07-2015, 07:33 PM
Bibi Netanyahu -- On the Campaign Trail
The Israeli Presidential election will take place in March.
Netanyahu will visit the US and make a speech to Congress two weeks before that, at the invitation of Republican House Speaker John Boehner.
Netanyahu will reportedly criticize Obama's efforts to improve US relations with Iran, in the process positioning himself as the protector of Israelis against their Iranian arch enemies.
In turn, President Obama has announced that he will not be meeting with Netanyahu during his visit to the US. That's a first. And, VP Biden has announced that he will not attend the congressional meeting, which is extremely rare when a visiting head of state is speaking. Plus, several Democratic congresspersons have announced that they will not attend the meeting.
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Zionist ^Isaac Herzog is Netanyahu's political rival in the election. He's using the deterioration of relations between Netanyahu and Obama as a campaign focal point and blames Netanyahu for the problems. Part of Herzog's platform includes rebuilding Israel's partnership with its closest historical ally, the US.
I think Netanyahu will probably be re-elected by Israelis in any event. But, he's got some major diplomatic problems outside of Israel which were only compounded with last year's conflicts at the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Presidential election will take place in March.
Netanyahu will visit the US and make a speech to Congress two weeks before that, at the invitation of Republican House Speaker John Boehner.
Netanyahu will reportedly criticize Obama's efforts to improve US relations with Iran, in the process positioning himself as the protector of Israelis against their Iranian arch enemies.
In turn, President Obama has announced that he will not be meeting with Netanyahu during his visit to the US. That's a first. And, VP Biden has announced that he will not attend the congressional meeting, which is extremely rare when a visiting head of state is speaking. Plus, several Democratic congresspersons have announced that they will not attend the meeting.
Zionist ^Isaac Herzog is Netanyahu's political rival in the election. He's using the deterioration of relations between Netanyahu and Obama as a campaign focal point and blames Netanyahu for the problems. Part of Herzog's platform includes rebuilding Israel's partnership with its closest historical ally, the US.
I think Netanyahu will probably be re-elected by Israelis in any event. But, he's got some major diplomatic problems outside of Israel which were only compounded with last year's conflicts at the Gaza Strip.