The once rock-solid relationship between the United States and Israel is in disarray. Not since the Eisenhower era has there been such tension if not open hostility in the White House toward Israel. Former Obama campaign aide Dennis Ross’ comments that Barack Obama had “a commitment of the head and heart” toward Israel seem naïve if not cynical. As president, Obama moved to reverse commitments made by President Bush in a 2004 letter to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that acknowledged that any peace would reflect “new realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli population centers,” and that …read more
Source: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
