In Netanyahu's last visit to the White House, he was fuming mad and gave President Obama such a tongue-wagging that it established in the minds of the public the kind of power wields over the US of A. People will not soon forget Netanyahu looking straight into the eyes of Obama and saying with the utmost defiance “It's never going to happen!”
The subject of contention was Obama's announcement that Palestinian-Israeli border negotiations have to center on the 67 proposal. The firm, steely-eyed confrontation was played down by the American media, but the affront caused David Rosenberg to write in the Atlantic, “Dear Mr. Netanyahu, Please Don't Talk to My President That Way.”
The President toughed it out at the AIPAC (American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee) meeting a few days later, where he received less standing ovations than Netanyahu at the Jewish-lobbied Congress a few days after. AIPAC is the largest political lobbying group, one of many, that determines the direction Congress should take on issues pertaining to Israel.
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