Sparks fly at meeting between Netanyahu and US envoy
via Sparks fly at meeting between Netanyahu and US envoy | The Times of Israel.
Prime minister bashes Obama administration’s stance on Iran; Ambassador Dan Shapiro tells him off
Tensions between the Israeli and United States governments reached fever pitch over the issue of Iran’s nuclear program in a recent high-level meeting between the prime minister and the American ambassador, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Friday.
Last week Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a closed-door meeting with visiting Congressman and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers and American Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro. Netanyahu opened the discussion by lambasting the Obama administration for what he considered its ineffectual policy vis à vis Iran.
Netanyahu then expressed his belief that the US should be pressuring Iran to stop its nuclear program rather than pressuring Israel not to attack.
“Instead of effectively pressuring Iran, Obama and his people are pressuring us not to attack the nuclear facilities,” he said. He concluded saying that the time for diplomacy had run out.
At one point during the meeting, Shapiro grew enraged by Netanyahu’s remarks, broke diplomatic protocol, and snapped at the PM, saying he was misrepresenting Obama’s position on Iran.
According to a source at the meeting, “sparks and lightning were flying.”
The US embassy did not comment on the Yedioth Ahronoth report.
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WarSclerotic 
August 31, 2012 at 11:36 PM
I`m under the impression this is all o hoax. It seems Israel will attack on its own (maybe in October), saying it had no choice, and only later the US (and others) will join the conflict, but not because the Israeli-American relations have worsened, but because it was planned all along. “All the world’s a stage” (Shakespeare)
September 1, 2012 at 2:42 AM
Of course anything in the press could be misinformation, but for most of Obama’s 4 years in office he’s sent one official to Jerusalem followed by the next and then the next to pressure Israel not to take action against Iran.
I can certainly picture the PM being exasperated, especially if Obama has already broken his word to get tougher on Iran on numerous occasions in order to get Israel to delay as long as they have already.