In his sharpest jab yet at Benjamin Netanyahu, President Obama blasted the Israeli leader as the sole obstacle to a peace agreement, while lauding Mahmoud Abbas as a fully committed peace partner. In an interview with Bloomberg ahead of their White House summit, Obama made it clear that the entire responsibility to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rests with Netanyahu – and only with Netanyahu. Previewing his conversation with Bibi Monday at the White House, the president said he would ask the prime minister, “If not now, when?” and “If not you, who?” Which leaves one wondering why Obama would resort to brutal tactics that are bound to throw the relationship into a deep freeze.  Obama may have had  differences with other national leaders, but he never came out swinging with such gusto.  Why this unforgivable treatment of Bibi? And why in the world at the very start of their summit?  If Obama really wanted to make...(Read Full Post)