ALGEMEINER
New York Times’ Tom Friedman Projects His Own Sins Onto Netanyahu
by Ira Stoll
December 29, 2016
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman likens Prime Minister Netanyahu to a “dog” and a “drunk” — and then, with a remarkable lack of self-awareness, faults President-elect Trump’s choice to be ambassador to Israel for insulting other Jews. Sure enough, in his latest column Friedman writes that “Netanyahu is a leader who is forever dog paddling in the middle of the Rubicon, never ready to cross it.” That isn’t even good writing…Friedman also likens Netanyahu and Israel to an alcoholic. The Times columnist writes, “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk, and right now Obama and Kerry rightly believe that Israel is driving drunk.” READ MORE