Obama won't spend political capital on Netanyahu

Zionist Regime's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continued to receive sharp criticism from the Obama administration on Friday over his pre-election comments that opposed to a Palestinian state, with White House spokesman Josh Earnest claimng that the prime minister "indicated a weakness in his commitment to a two-state solution."
 
In doing so, Earnest continued, "he was indicating a difference of opinion not just with President Obama but with the policy that was pursued by President Bush." Earnest's comments constitute a direct continuation of statements made by the White House that the US has to 'reevaluate' backing for Israel at the United Nations – despite the prime minister's recent attempts to recast his statements in an interview with NBC.
 
The growing tensions between the two allies prompted journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, to write in his latest column that the question on the table today is not whether the United States is able to provide diplomatic cover for Israel at the United Nations, but whether it is willing to do so.

Netanyahu's remarks against a Palestinian state on the eve of his election victory had significant consequences, Goldberg writes, claimed that "it's clear that President Obama is not particularly interested in spending political capital on behalf of Netanyahu in order to block a resolution recognizing Palestinian statehood."
 
Goldberg writes that the Israeli prime minister will have to prove in the coming weeks that he is indeed committed to a two-state solution. If the Security Council recognizes Palestine as an independent state, writes the journalist known for his close ties with Obama, Netanyahu will not have the time to prepare in advance "before Israel becomes a true pariah".
 
The journalist also states that leaders of the American Jewish community are experiencing great anxiety over the possibility that Israel, under Netanyahu's leadership, will become an isolated country.
 
American Jews are growing increasingly infuriated with Netanyahu, a number of articles published over the last week claimed. According to one New York Times report, Netanyahu's campaign rhetoric worked to "further divide American Jews and alienate even some conservatives."