Netanyahu In 2001: ‘America Is A Thing You Can Move Very Easily’
OPS_admin | Jul 16, 2010 | Comments 0
A newly released video of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could add some additional strain to the sometimes tense relationship between him and President Obama.
In the video, which is from 2001, Netanyahu — who reportedly did not know his speech was being recorded — speaks frankly in Hebrew about relations with the Clinton White House and the peace process.
As noted in Haaretz, Netanyahu seems to boast of his knowledge of the US by saying, “I know what America is. America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. They won’t get in their way.”
He also boasts of manipulating the U.S. in the ongoing peace process, as the Washington Post points out:
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