[url]http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/05/31/netanyahu.obama/index.html?hpt=T2[/url]
[quote](CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled this week's scheduled meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, Israeli government officials said Monday. The two leaders were slated to meet Tuesday during a visit by Netanyahu to Washington.
Netanyahu also decided to cut short a visit to Canada and return to Israel, according to an e-mail statement from his media adviser.
Netanyahu's cancellation of the meeting came in the wake of international condemnation of Israel after Israeli soldiers stormed a flotilla of ships carrying aid intended for Palestinians in Gaza, leaving at least nine people dead in the resulting violence.
Israel claimed it was defending itself, with the Israel Defense Forces saying the soldiers' lives were in danger after they were attacked with "severe physical violence, including live fire, weapons, knives and clubs."
Several nations, however, have condemned the military action and called for an investigation.
Netanyahu and Obama were set to discuss, among other things, the recently completed U.N. conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, according to an earlier statement from the Israeli government.
The final document released by participants in the month-long conference, which ended Friday, called for a 2012 conference of all Middle Eastern states to move forward on a 1995 proposal for a nuclear-free Mideast. The document also called on Israel to sign the treaty and place "all its nuclear facilities under comprehensive IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] safeguards."
Israel is not a member of the NPT and has neither confirmed nor denied that it has a nuclear weapons stockpile.
The Israeli government said in a statement the conference's document is "deeply flawed and hypocritical" and said it "ignores the realities of the Middle East and the real threats facing the region and the entire world." The statement also complained that Israel is singled out in the document and Iran, which is a signatory to the NPT, is not mentioned.
The United States signed onto the document, but Obama National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones said the U.S. government has "serious reservations."[/quote]
Godamnit Netanyahu, godamnit.
Keep digging the hole you're already in Israel, I'm sure you'll find the bottom of it soon enough.
What the hell are they doing in the goverment there in Israel, seriously.
What are they trying to achieve? o_o
Trust me, the west will eventually turn its back on Israel, maybe even openly oppose it. Right now they only have the support of western governments because everyone feels bad about what happened to the jews during the holocaust. Now that Israel is oppressing the Palestinians and killing those who try to provide aid relief to Palestine, though, shit's going to go down.
inb4 Israeli hate
Of course they're going to cancel with the raid they're doing and what is going on now. Don't act surprised. It was bound to happen.
It's ironic that Iran lets in IAEA inspectors, and is signatory to the NPT, while Israel is neither, yet yells at Iran for maybe developing nuclear weapons, because it would "Destabilize the region" while they have weapons of their own that are not accounted for by anyone.
Who would even find out if one somehow went 'missing'?
[QUOTE=w 1 z;22281649]Keep digging the hole you're already in Israel, I'm sure you'll find the bottom of it soon enough.[/QUOTE]
At the rate they're going, there won't be a bottom. And when you look down from the top of the hole, you won't SEE a bottom.
[QUOTE=MR-X;22281709]inb4 Israeli hate
Of course they're going to cancel with the raid they're doing and what is going on now. Don't act surprised. It was bound to happen.[/QUOTE]
Netanyahu said it wouldn't affect his visit.
But obviously he wasn't expecting this shitstorm he deserved. He's a tool.
[QUOTE=MR-X;22281709]inb4 Israeli hate
Of course they're going to cancel with the raid they're doing and what is going on now. Don't act surprised. It was bound to happen.[/QUOTE]
It's still a stupid move, and makes it seem like they know what they did was horrible, but yet they're otherwise trying to cover their asses for it.
There was supposed to be a vote of no confidence in the parliament in the nearby future, but it was pulled. Too bad, but I would guess it wouldn't pass anyway.
[QUOTE=Kendra;22281672]What the hell are they doing in the goverment there in Israel, seriously.
What are they trying to achieve? o_o[/QUOTE]
Obama shunned him when he last came over and Israel has enough to deal with at the moment than listening to Obama whine.
[QUOTE=Thom12255;22282066]Obama shunned him when he last came over and Israel has enough to deal with at the moment than listening to Obama whine.[/QUOTE]
No lol, Obama didn't shun him one bit when he came, he can't. He was with AIPAC.
Netanyahu knows he's guilty - that's why he's not showing up.
[QUOTE=starpluck;22282151]No lol, Obama didn't shun him one bit when he came, he can't. He was with AIPAC.
Netanyahu knows he's guilty - that's why he's not showing up.[/QUOTE]
He was invited over and then was left to go out on the streets of Washington to get some dinner...
Anyway they have agreed to a new date for the visit.
[url]http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3896942,00.html[/url]
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