1. Solid Washington Post article on growing rift between USA & Israel, moving beyond personalities: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/02/16/a-perfect-storm-brews-in-the-middle-east/?postshare=1081424094554370 …
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2. On the face of it, what Netanyahu is doing seems like folly. So it might be worth teasing out why he's doing it.
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3. Nature of Netanyahu's folly is worth teasing out, before we inquire into what's behind it.
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4. America is a superpower, Israel is dependent client state. Clients don't usually tell superpowers what to do.
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5. USA has traditionally given Israel wide sway on the Palestinian issue but not on wider Middle East (i.e Reagan selling arms to Saudis)
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6. Israel has traditionally depended upon a bi-partisan consensus in USA, which Netanyahu's actions are fraying.
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7. Moreover, by trying to humiliate this president, Netanyahu is alienating a major voting block in Democratic party, African-Americans.
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@tominwindsor Agree.
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