re: #526 avanti

OK, I’ll probably provoke a fight here, but many administrations have pushed back hard against Israel on settlement expansion. Some pressure resulted in a change to more moderate leaders in Israel. Don’t forget, the far right in Israel embarrassed Biden on his peace making trip. I just read that polls in Israel are not happy with provoking the US to appease the religious extremists in Israel. The whole issue is a diplomatic dance, they poke, we poke back.

The general sense is the way Obama has responded since has gone far beyond what is reasonable.

Something like 60% of Israelis support construction in Jerusalem. The same number think it will cause a rift in US-Israel relations.