***UPDATE: WHITE HOUSE REFUSES MEETING WITH NETANYAHU***

It is clear Netanyahu is beyond fed up with the Obama administration, as he has upped the rhetoric pretty high now:

TIMES OF ISRAEL – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that countries that refused to set deadlines for Iran to give up its nuclear program have no right to tell Israel to hold back on taking preemptive military action to thwart the regime’s nuclear ambitions.

His comments constituted an explicit and bitter rebuttal of comments made by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who said on Sunday that the US will currently not set deadlines or give ultimatums regarding Tehran’s refusal to curb its nuclear program.

“The world tells Israel to wait because there is still time. And I ask: Wait for what? Until when? Those in the international community who refuse to put red lines before Iran don’t have a moral right to place a red light before Israel,” Netanyahu said. “If Iran knows that there is no red line or deadline, what will it do? Exactly what it is doing today, i.e., continuing to work unhindered toward achieving a nuclear weapon.”

Reacting to Netanyahu’s demand for the US to set red lines — which, if crossed by Iran, would prompt US-led military action — Clinton said on Sunday that Washington still considers sanctions the best way to get Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions. “We’re not setting deadlines,” she said.

On Monday, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland reiterated Clinton’s statement, saying setting red lines was “not useful.” She added: “So, you know, we are absolutely firm about the president’s commitment here, but it is not useful to be parsing it, to be setting deadlines one way or the other, red lines.”

UPDATE: This is ridiculous:

HAARETZ – The White House declined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request on Tuesday to meet U.S. President Barack Obama during a UN conference in New York at the end of the month.

An official in Jerusalem said that the prime minister’s office sent the White House a message stating that although Netanyahu will spend only two and a half days on U.S. soil, he is interested in meeting Obama and is willing to travel to the U.S. capital specifically for that purpose. The official added that the White House rejected the request and said that at this time Obama’s schedule does not allow for a meeting.

The White House’s response marks a new low in relations between Netanyahu and Obama, underscored by the fact that this is the first time Netanyahu will visit the U.S. as prime minister without meeting the president.

His schedule doesn’t allow it? Really? How freaking insulting! Netanyahu should just go ahead and attack Iran. Forget Obama.




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bobemakk
bobemakk

Cut off all aid, every single cent that we give to every country that talks against US and send it to Israel and let them bomb the hell out of Iran. Case closed!

taufic
taufic

hy are u guys so poor in your judgements. do u guys know how schedules to meet the president is designed? do u mean that cuz netanyahu is israel PM so he can just come in at anytime to meet the president like his laborer? just imagine. did this PM even make a formal arrangement.when we are thinking of resolving economic issues, u guys beat the war drum and call this faith in GOD. God have mercy.

Wayne Parsons
Wayne Parsons

It has been clear for a while. Ozero is a Muslim sympathizer and is hedging his bet with radical Muslims over Israel. What will it take for American Jews to wake up and see they are being played, just like Blacks, Hispanics and women. Absolutely shameful.

chatterbox365
chatterbox365

If this doesn't piss off the most left leaning Jew, I don't know what will. We do need to pray for Israel. They are an island surrounded by a sea of sh*t.

Wayne Parsons
Wayne Parsons

I fear that today's Progressive American Jew is more a Democrat than a real "Jew". Real American Jews would be all over Ozero about his treatment of Bibby and the close and present danger that Iran poses to the region.

TIMERUNNER
TIMERUNNER

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Pray for Israels Prime Minister Mr Benjamin Netanyahu.

May God Jehovah bless the United States Of America.

BS61
BS61

Tweet or write to the WH about our Jew Hating Prez! I'm disgusted, and it's time for both left and Israel supporters to stand up before it's another Holocaust!

LiberalBoycotter
LiberalBoycotter

2008 Barry, told everyone what he was going to do, he was going to talk to Iran, he was going to change this country. No one believed him, but as you can see he has done, exactly what he said he was going to do. He also said, he was going to make sure energy was going to sky rocket.

Guess what everyone who voted for this POS got exactly what they voted for. If you want more of the same vote for this guy, if you do there will be as he said in his speech at the DNC going to be even more of it. See 2016.

conservocop
conservocop

Does anyone in their right mind doubt for one second that Hillary is an Alinsky protege ? This is a nasty lady !

TheRedLeaf
TheRedLeaf

'Great relations' they tout up and down the election aisle but Israel is more then just a morale compass, it also shows the top country's willingness to do nothing, and if enemies don't have to worry about retaliation for usually horrendous actions... then why stop? This administration is doing far more damage to the world in both short and long term like never before.

Hope, change, forward? It's all headed for a cliff and nuclear disaster. If in the future America never votes for blacks, then i will remind everyone that '2008 was a year of disaster'

To my neighbors in America, when you vote, remember history and what future those past decisions have made; patriots, its time to clean house!

brendawatkins
brendawatkins

It seems to me that this man OBAMA is doing his damnedest to bring the WRATH of GOD on this country! I for one do NOT want to be in the path of God's wrath! Obama's GOT TO GO!

michael carpenter
michael carpenter

No shiz! On the day (911) that the muslim brotherhood chooses to poop on us, obamanation decides to poop on Israel. What are we to think? This guy is evil!

GiantM
GiantM

Hey mr president: Whatever happen to the phrase spoken to Israel "I've got your back" ??

His true colors are now showing and Bibi has had enough. I'm not worried for Israel though if they do attack Iran. I am however worried for this nation. As our leader continues to literally deny Israel, the good LORD is not going to let this go unanswered.

HE just won't.

Yiddish RTweets
Yiddish RTweets

Obama told israel "I've got your back" he meant to say A STAB IN THE BACK!!!

GiantM
GiantM

Exactly. The Lord's people will be protected no matter what happens in the coming months. HE always watched over them as a nation.

Zechariah 12:2-3 is already in motion and the final outcome is about to take place.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zech%2012:%202-3&version=NASB

Army_Pilot1967
Army_Pilot1967

Yeah, what's the point of stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them to Israel and the United States? Those that think the people in charge in Iran won't attack the United States if they get powerful enough rockets, had better think again. They would destroy Israel and the United States even knowing that Iran would be totally obliterated...that's how much Iran hates Israel and the US. We need a leader that will assist Israel defend itself, not someone who talks and talks while Iran continues its nuclear program. Sure it's a tough, delicate situation, but presidents are expected to handle tough and delicate situations.

dmacleo
dmacleo

headline says Those who don’t set red lines

should that be deadlines?

don't want to get seo all messed up :)

stage9
stage9

This is an utter disgrace!

Genesis 12:1-3

"And I will bless those that bless you and curse the one who curses you. And in you shall all families of the earth be blessed."

If this doesn't change, you can kiss America goodbye. Forget the election, forget your pocketbook. None of it will matter if we side against God's chosen people. He will lift His hand and it will be lights out for our civilization.

God help us for our arrogance and disgrace.

stevenbiot
stevenbiot

Netanyahu is better off not meeting with Obama. Obama doesn't like Israel. If Netanyahu understands that and carries on with business, we will all be better off.

sjmom
sjmom

God Bless Israel and her leaders! Would that we would have some who had the courage they do. Unfortunately, I don't think either party in the US has the chutzpah needed to stop Iran, so I say for Israel to do whatever is necessary to protect the Jewish State and may God grant them victory!

anyonebutbarry2012
anyonebutbarry2012

his campaign schedule won't allow it ??

sickening what this corrupt administration is.

Spartan4Palin
Spartan4Palin

I like how Netanyahu is boxing him into a corner!! If crapweasel attented his intelligence briefings, he would probably know how bad things were in the Middle East? Maybe he would know that Iran is testing distances with their warheads? Perhaps he would know that Yemen killed the second in line to UBL? That he would know that MB took over an embassy?

If the American Jewish community can't see what the Democrats have done and what this president has done to and against Israel, then they truly are blind and ignorant!

Pressure should continue from Bibi against a guy who has CHOSEN to ignore the leadership and threats against Israel.

Learnedsmtn2day
Learnedsmtn2day

I would contend that its Bibi that got backed into a corner, and when you trap a bear it has no choice but to pounce.

Spartan4Palin
Spartan4Palin

The other thing that irks me with this failure, is that it's been reported that he hasn't met with his economic council since January, he has forgone his daily intelligence briefings and that he has rarely met with his cabinet?

What the hell? There's only one conclusion. Campaigning and golf is all this guy wants. Voting present is his MO until the issue presents itself as photo op or poll point! Otherwise, it's someone else's fault!!!!

Stewie
Stewie

Don't worry, the media will be on it any minute now. This is the kind of stuff that the media would ride from now until election if this were a Republican administration. As if the scandals and corruption weren't enough.

sDee
sDee

Israel: Where US Vets Come to Heal

""The pressure sleeve on Harrison Manyoma’s arm relieves the physical wound he received in combat in Iraq. For relief of his emotional wounds, he came to Israel.

Manyoma is one of 10 former soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or traumatic brain injury (TBI) visiting Israel from August 30 through September 9 with the American charitable organization Heroes to Heroes.

Founder Judy Schaffer of New Jersey explains that Heroes to Heroes Journey to Israel is designed to educate, motivate and stimulate discussion and bonding between American disabled veterans and Israeli peers, as a springboard for emotional and spiritual healing.

“It’s a way for them to hash out their experiences with people who understand them and are basically fighting the same war but on a different front,”

Participants aged 25 to 42 are visiting holy and tourist sites, memorials and facilities for disabled veterans. They talked with Israeli leaders – including an unscheduled half hour chat with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who wrote on his Facebook page, “I met today with a group from Heroes to Heroes that arranges encounters between Americans and Israelis who were wounded in combat. In the course of the meeting I told them: ‘This for me is a very moving moment because you are the greatest freedom fighters. You share the same experiences, defend the same values and face the same threats.’”

read it all here

http://israel21c.org/social-action-2/israel-where-us-vets-come-to-heal/

12grace
12grace

G-d bless, Israel for helping our soldiers.

mike3e4r7
mike3e4r7

A cardinal rule with any military operation is that you never broadcast to your enemy when you plan to attack. And yet, I believe we are beyond that now. I think Israel is more concerned by far, at this point, with how the West, and the U.S. in particular will react to an Israeli attack. They probably have a workable plan that they could pull off as long as

they are not sabatoged by Obama. While they risk tipping of Iran with

all this talk, I think they are not as concerned with that as they are with trying to prevent sabatoge or even worse from their biggest ally, the United States.

Carmen P
Carmen P

I agree with this wholeheartedly!

Netanyahu is a BILLION times smarter than Obama. Quite literally.

He's seen our own White House leak intel in an effort to bolster Obama's image as a hard ass. He's seen, first hand, how Obama treats anyone he doesn't agree with (Netanyahu himself, the Dahli Lama, etc..). He's seen what Obama did to Poland. He's heard, as we all did, Obama begging and pleading with Medvedev (and, by extension, Putin) when we all know Russia and China are helping Iran in its efforts. He's also dealing with his OWN people, Israelis who fight him on asserting Israel's right to protect herself (granted, it's a smaller-in-scale fight than he'd have with American Jews). And, as a leader himself, he's probably sensitive to the fact the we have an election in less than 2 months, and anything he says and does can affect the outcome (and depending on WHAT he does, it could literally make things worse for him, and Israel, if it ends up in a re-election for Obama)...

But, at the end of the day, he's going to put Israel first. And rightly so. If things come to a head, I contend he'll do what he must, consequences (to himself and the US - and our relations) be damned.

mike3e4r7
mike3e4r7

I agree. You make excellent points. This is an incredibly delicate tightrope that Netanyahu is walking right now. I think he is trying to lay some political ground work for the aftermath of any Israeli action. He is probably also trying to influence the election by forcing Obama to show his hand now (who can blame him?). The worst case scenario for Israel is if Israel waits to strike until after the election AND Obama is reelected. If they wait till after the election (assuming they can afford to), and Romney wins, they would be in much better shape but might still face serious problems from Obama between election day and Romney's inaguration in January, should they feel they need to strike during that time frame.

May God grant Netanyahu the strength and wisdom to navigate this difficult course.

louisiana_mom
louisiana_mom

Obama could care less about a entire country's fears of utter annihilation, he's desperately trying to save the most important thing to him - his job!

SilentTexan
SilentTexan

This just makes me shake my head not in anger or disbelief, but in grievance. Why, oh why do we have this guy, our so-called president (there is NOTHING presidential about him) representing the US? I hope Netanyahu understands that WE as Americans do not think the same way as our dear president. And I pray that he will be able to have his support in Romney before its too late.

Netanyahu, do what you need to do. It's obvious you're not going to get the help or support you need from this administration. AMERICA DOES have your back, not Obama!

carmtom13
carmtom13

This is what we have as president, a foreign dignatary wants to meet with BHO and he has no time I bet if it was the Muslim brotherhood he would have time. A real leader makes the time. BHO claims to stand with Israel he sure doesn't act like it. BHO is no leader he is what he is a community organizer.

Randy Truthtime
Randy Truthtime

This is the last insult that Israel should have to endure with President Obama. It's shameful that we are turning our back on Israel and it's people. Let's hope we get a new President in November that honors our relationship with Israel. Unfortunately, I don't believe that Netenyahu will wait until then to take care of this...but apparently that's not a concern for President Obama....Psalms 109:8: "Let his days be few and let another take his office"

12grace
12grace

I am greatly saddened by obama's treatment of our precious friend, Israel.

WordsFailMe
WordsFailMe

Israeli brinksManship answered by the feminine and weak Obama style of brinksWomanship. He is so pathetically predictable! Amateur!

Obama again sends a woman to do his job then, like that last Temp Employee you took from that employment agency before you fired them, he hides and whines and delays and obscures and, in traditional fashion, "MAKES EXCUSES."

I am totally flummoxed that Obama or one of his little butt-licking white boys hasn't accused Netanyahu of racism!

Yellow, filthy commie pimps and ever present Democrat party whores. Let's see how these panicked coward commie Democrats react when a man stands on the other side of the table. "Better get Valerie's cell phone number on your one button speed dial, President Stupid. You know you can't handle anything without a woman holding your tiny and bouncy, little preying-mantis-like fore paws."

If the Obamerrhoid thinks he can finagle the Israeli's into a conflict which will allow him to cancel or delay the elections, he's got somebody else to worry about. "You've just been given your red-line, Dung for Brains, and it's Nov 6, 2012!

For my money, his announcement of an election problem will be the Word, the last word. We should be thinking about likely local targets for the outpouring should it become inevitable.

Benny Bennett
Benny Bennett

They've already shown that sanctions aren't going to affect them-they have Russia, and all the rest of Islam on their side. It's sickening how Obama acts toward Mr. Netanyahu. Shameful.

WordsFailMe
WordsFailMe

Latest poll shows that, following the loud NO votes to God and Jerusalem, now only 59% of American Jews favor Obama, down from 78%.

Which means that a higher percentage of Non-Jews in this country back Israel than cultural Jews. As a statistic, I think that's interesting.

Galatiansch2vs20
Galatiansch2vs20

I think it's also sad.

12grace
12grace

According to bible prophecy from my understanding is that even though Israel will win in the end as G-d will be their protector, part of Israel, will be under Palestinian rule and the Palestinians will be brutal to Jews. And the wars to come, will be devastating.

So G-d will refine the unfaithful Jews as well as those who have turned their backs on G-d and those, like obama that are the enemies of the children of Christ.

WordsFailMe
WordsFailMe

Sadly, it would not be the first time the Jews rejected their God, and ours. What will His punishment be for these, modern day Jews? Will He destroy Israel? Send the Jews back into slavery? He's done both before...

How will American Jews vote in the upcoming election?

1. You are born to the people of the covenant, you are raised with the covenant. Within the lifetime of your parents, you have experienced what happens when the chosen people reject the covenant.

OR

2. You've got an apartment in Queens, foodstamps, an EBT, a monthly check, you attend CCNY part-time paid for by a poverty program and all your gentile friends are libera and assume that you are.