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Judging by his actions to date, President Obama appears to have an almost visceral antipathy toward Israel. He's happy to bow and scrape to Saudi King Abdullah, to have photo ops with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and, as he made clear during the campaign, would even open his door to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Korean leader Kim Jong Il if only they would deign to sit down for a chat. But Obama gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the bum's rush on his recent visit to Washington. No photo ops, no joint press conference, no diplomatic niceties whatsoever....
Bum's Rush for Bibi
We'll cut to the chase. Obama will never have any qualms about terrorist palestinians biting off a large chunk of Jerusalem right over the demarcation line from an outnumbered Israeli population. He doesn't have to live across the street from fanatics. To him, thugs aren't anything strange; he comes from Chicago. He is a thug.
In the middle east, the only thing thugs respect is force. Which Israel must use for survival, not just policy.
You have to be crazy to expect Netanyahu to invite crazy people into Jerusalem.