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Netanyahu ‘chickenshit’ & ‘coward’: US Officials Go Tough On Israeli PM

A partial view taken on October 29, 2014 shows cranes used to construct new buildings in the Israeli settlement of Har Homa, which was originally built in the 1990s, in the annexed Arab east Jerusalem area of Jabal Abu Ghneim. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
A par­tial view tak­en on October 29, 2014 shows cranes used to con­struct new build­ings in the Israeli set­tle­ment of Har Homa, which was orig­i­nal­ly built in the 1990s, in the annexed Arab east Jerusalem area of Jabal Abu Ghneim. (AFP Photo/​Ahmad Gharabli)

US-Israeli rela­tions have sunk to new lows after Obama admin­is­tra­tion offi­cials were cit­ed call­ing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “chick­en­shit” and “cow­ard” engag­ing in polit­i­cal pos­tur­ing, instead of efforts at Middle-Eastern de-escalation.

The com­ments were deliv­ered in a con­ver­sa­tion with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg on con­di­tion of anonymi­ty. To many they sym­bol­ize the next step in a “full-blown cri­sis” of rela­tions between the two, pri­mar­i­ly over Netanyahu’s relent­less set­tle­ment-build­ing in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the Iranian nuclear issue.

“The thing about Bibi is, he’s a chick­en­shit,” said one offi­cial, refer­ring to Netanyahu by his nick­name.“The good thing about Netanyahu is that he’s scared to launch wars. The bad thing about him is that he won’t do any­thing to reach an accom­mo­da­tion with the Palestinians or with the Sunni Arab states,” he continued.

Goldberg keeps a run­ning list of all the things US offi­cials have ever called Netanyahu in inter­views, and it’s not small. “Aspergery” popped up, among oth­er things. But it is the first time high-rank­ing offi­cials have expressed their views of the Israeli leader in such a “gloves-off man­ner.
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