What Are Friends For?… Obama Told Netanyahu “Don’t Come to White House” to Tell Your Side of Flotilla Story
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, June 4, 2010, 11:37 PM
Hey, what are friends for?
Barack Obama sent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back to Israeli to tell his side of the Gaza Flotilla story. He didn’t want Israel to use the White House as a backdrop and refused to stand with Israel after the ambush on the Mavi Marmara.
Mavi Marmara peace activists greet the Israeli soldiers on deck with sticks, chairs, knives and slingshots. (IDF- AFP)
Israeli National News reported:
In the hubbub surrounding the “battle of the flotilla,” Netanyahu’s quick reversal of his decision to remain in the United States has been largely ignored. It turns out that Obama told him to leave because he didn’t want Netanyahu to use the White House as a stage on which to present Israel’s side of the story.
The flotilla violence caught Netanyahu in the midst of a diplomatic trip to North America. He was in the Canadian capital of Ottawa at the time, about to leave for Washington for a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama. The meeting was to have been a way for Obama to make up for the humiliation he dealt Netanyahu on his last visit, when he refused to be seen with the Israeli leader in public.
Netanyahu announced immediately after the flotilla news broke that he would remain in North America and would meet with Obama as scheduled. However, within minutes after media reported Netanyahu would continue with his trip as scheduled, he abruptly announced a change of plan and set off immediately for Israel to “deal with the flotilla crisis.”
Behind the scenes, it was Obama officials who caused the turnabout. Globes cites sources in both Jerusalem and Washington who say that Obama officials gave a clear message to Netanyahu’s people: “Don’t come.”
Barack Obama’s close family friend Bill Ayers and political bundler Jodie Evans are top activists with the Gaza Flotilla group.
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