Good boy, zero for conduct...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees himself as the savior of the Jews and the American Jewish community as within his jurisdiction, rather than as citizens loyal to their country and president.
"Netanyahu took preventive measures," I was told Aug. 9 by one of the people closest to the Israeli prime minister on condition of anonymity. I asked what he meant by that. "Bibi realized that President Obama was going to appeal to American Jewry above his head," the source explained, "so he rushed to beat the president and lecture to thousands of Jewish activists," during a Aug. 4 webcast organized by Jewish groups in North America.
This is how the prime minister's friend summarized the dueling speeches delivered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama, and how he described the mood that prevails in the immediate vicinity of Israel's prime minister. Netanyahu is going for broke in his confrontations with the US president. The prime minister uses intelligence provided by his extensive Jewish-American contacts to anticipate the president's next moves and prepare competing answers. Obama intends to invite prominent Jewish leaders in America for a talk? Then I'll speak live via the Internet to thousands, maybe tens of thousands of American Jewish activists.

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