YNET
by Yitzhak Benhorin
October 24, 2014
After Ynet revealed Obama administration blocked Israeli defense minister from meeting key figures, American officials say they also attempted to cancel meeting with UN ambassador.
WASHINGTON – Senior US officials who refused Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s request to meet with key administration figures had also intended to foil his meeting with UN ambassador Samantha Power.
American officials told the Associated Press on Friday that the objections to the planned meeting between Ya’alon and Power arrived too late to the UN ambassador’s office to avert the appointment. But he received little respite from the sour reception, as Power emphasized her grievance with settlement construction beyond the Green Line.
The White House and State Department declined to comment on internal deliberations about who Ya’alon should see. “I can’t speak to any meetings that didn’t occur,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters. Ya’alon arrived on Tuesday to meet his counterpart, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and American intelligence officials. At the State Department, spokeswoman Jen Psaki noted that the Ya’alon’s meeting with his counterpart Hagel was “a natural, standard procedure.”…..
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How can the United States disrespect the only ally we have in the Middle east? This is Obama’s work. He will see the result of his foreign policy when the people’s mid-term vote is counted. He endangers his country by importing ebola. He endangers the country by not closing the southermn borders of the country. Thank God that he will do no more damage when he leaves office in 2016. His rating as President is lower than George Bush.
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