White House Says Committed to ‘Working Very Closely’ With Winner of Israeli Election

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White House spokesman Josh Earnest told The New York Times on Tuesday that regardless of the outcome of today’s general election in Israel, President Obama will work to strengthen ties between the US and the Jewish state.

Obama “remains committed to working very closely with the winner of the ongoing elections to cement and further deepen the strong relationship between the United States and Israel, and the president is confident that he can do that with whomever the Israeli people choose,” Earnest said.

The New York Times called the White House statement a “conciliatory public stand,” but noted the anger the President and his aides felt towards Netanyahu, especially after the Prime Minister’s March 3rd speech before a joint session of Congress.

In February, The New York Times reported an additional source of tension between Obama and Netanyahu when it wrote that former Obama political operative Jeremy Bird was consulting with V15, a group devoted to unseating Netanyahu’s government.

Earnest avoided answering questions in February by The New York Times of whether it was trying oust Netanyahu, saying: “The long tradition of bipartisan support for the U.S.-Israel relationship has served both our countries well for generations, and President Obama will continue to go to great lengths to shield our alliance from the smallness of party politics.”

The Algemeiner Journal

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7 COMMENTS

  1. it’s a shame that Obama couldn’t use his veto power to make sure that Netanyahu lost!! That is what he does here if he can’t get his way. He forgets that Hashem runs the world and only He will decide who will win.

  2. We may find it insulting, but it makes sense that the U.S. would meddle in Israeli politics to get a government that they like elected. It makes just as much sense for the Israeli government to meddle into U.S. politics to get a government receptive to Israeli concerns elected.
    It’s funny how it’s considered such a no-no and is vehemently denied by the U.S. and Israel when it makes so much sense and is obviously done by both sides.

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