Netanyahu really has no friends outside of the American Republican Party. None.
Israeli intelligence officials have been briefing both Obama administration officials and visiting U.S. senators about their concerns on the Kirk-Menendez bill, which would increase sanctions on Iran only if the Iranian government can’t strike a deal with the so-called P5+1 countries by a June 30 deadline or fails to live up to its commitments. Meanwhile, the Israeli prime minister’s office has been supporting the Kirk-Menendez bill, as does the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, ahead of what will be a major foreign policy confrontation between the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government in coming weeks.
So, the corollary would be something like CIA officials fairly openly briefing members of the Knesset and Israeli cabinet and advising them to totally blow off what Obama wants.
Pretty stunning stuff.
