TIMES OF ISRAEL
How ‘lonely little’ George H.W. Bush changed the US-Israel relationship
by Eric Cortellessa
December 1, 2018

Former Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren once castigated Barack Obama for not abiding by the principle of “no daylight” and “no surprises.” That was most reflected, the Israeli diplomat emphasized, in Obama’s publicly castigating Israel’s settlements. But Obama was not the first president to make Israeli settlements such a point of contention.  Former president George H.W. Bush, who died Friday night, went much further than him, in fact. Bush, who was president from 1989 to 1993, forever changed American politics when he exerted his power to curtail the settlement enterprise and faced a vehement backlash. READ MORE