Israel is the innocent victim of "antagonistic" White House policy, says Jonathan Tobin, a columnist and senior online editor at Commentary magazine.
Tobin, commenting on "The Steve Malzberg Show" on
Newsmax TV about the report that a White House official called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "chicken---", said:
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"This is the natural consequence of Obama's antagonistic policies toward Israel and his willingness to withdraw from the Middle East.
"Aaron David Miller, the veteran peace processor, said he's the first president we've had in a long time that isn't in love with the idea of Israel and that's really true. He's not only not in love, he's kind of in hate with it."
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