Israel Matzav

Obama blaming Israel for rising oil prices

“I cannot underscore how deep and visceral the [Israeli] comments of the leaking that came out of Washington were,” [Robert] Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said.

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For his part, Satloff, who met “virtually everybody in the Iran debate,”
said the Israeli leadership also saw the administration as blaming Israel
for the sharp rise in U.S. gasoline prices. He said Washington attributed
the higher prices to “Israel’s posturing” on Iran.

“They think the Iranians should be held responsible for the higher
gasoline prices,” Satloff said.

In an address to the institute on March 27, Satloff referred to Obama’s
meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in early March.
During the Netanyahu visit to Washington, Obama asserted that Israel was
justified in taking decisions to ensure its defense in face of Iran’s
nuclear threat.

“Real deep [Israeli] consternation at the highest level at what they saw
after the prime minister’s visit to Washington as leaks that came out of the
capital designed to undercut the president’s commitment to the right of Israeli
independent sovereign action,” Satloff said.

Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Obama's obsession with Israel

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:40 PM