Deputy Israeli Foreign Minister Tzachi Hanegbi appeared on a Tel Aviv radio program today and completely threw John Boehner under a bus. Mr. Hanegbi insisted that the invitation for Netanyahu to speak before a Joint Session of Congress had been misrepresented.
“It appears that the speaker of Congress made a move, in which we trusted, but which it ultimately became clear was a one sided move and not a move by both sides.”
…The interviewer asked if that meant Netanyahu had been “misled” into believing Boehner’s invitation was bipartisan, a characterization Hanegbi did not contest.
Asked whether the prime minister should cancel or postpone the speech, Hanegbi said: “What would the outcome be then? The outcome would be that we forsake an arena in which there is a going to be a very dramatic decision (on Iran).”
In other words, it’s not Netanyahu’s fault that the Democrats don’t want him to address Congress and he’s going to do it anyway. If you’ve got a problem with that, blame John Boehner because he’s not very good at his job.
It’s an all-weather excuse, but it isn’t going to unruffle any feathers.
