re: #30 Gus

Al Arabiya with Associated Press

Haaretz

What’s the problem? Israel is now just getting finished putting a new government and leadership together. It’s also days before passover. He will not be there for any extended period. He’s going on a “listening mission.”

Exactly. Netanyahu had to finish putting together his governing coalition before he could start thinking about any negotiations with the Palestinians. Obama was stating a fact, but Jim Hoft saw it as yet another change to malign the president.