The
Lucifer Effect: Obama's US
Government
Sponsored Anti-Israel Attitude
Expands As
Jerusalem Mayor Is Shunned By Top US
Officials. Take That, God!
Following harsh statements against
Obama
Administration, Jerusalem Mayor Nir
Barkat's
request to meet with Clinton,
Mitchell
denied; Israeli official slams
mayor's
remarks, says his actions undermine
renewal
of negotiations. The US
Administration rejected Jerusalem
Mayor Nir
Barkat's request to meet with
Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton and Special
Mideast
Envoy George Mitchell, Ynet has
learned.
Barkat, who is visiting Washington,
continued his attacks on the US
government
Wednesday, further embarrassing the
Netanyahu government. In an
interview with
MSNBC, the mayor said Israeli
officials are
uncertain about what the US attempts
to
signal. He added that what he termed
bad
American proposals will be futile in
resolving the Mideastern conflict.
In the
interview, Barkat said his positions
on the
Jerusalem issue are identical to PM
Netanyahu's views; however, an
Israeli
official expressed anger at the
mayor's
conduct "at such sensitive period in
US-Israel ties, when every housing
unit in
Jerusalem gains prominence." A
senior
Israeli official said "Jerusalem is a
sensitive issue when we're on the
verge of
entering talks." Addressing Barkat's
visit and remarks, the official
said:
"He arrived here without any
authority
to engage in diplomatic issues and
without
any responsibility – he arrived and
is
causing damage."