Frenemies: The U.S. and Israel clash. Again, When Benjamin Netanyahu first visited the White House as Israel's prime minister in 1996, things didn't get off to such a great start.
Undeterred by the razor-thin nature of his upset victory, Netanyahu was on the offensive from the start against President Bill Clinton, trying to reshape American policy. Clinton was so vexed after that first meeting that he vented to aides, "Who's the f—ing superpower here?"
The famously thin-skinned Netanyahu even tried to get Clinton to fire his press secretary, Mike McCurry. "He didn't like how I was describing the meetings between the two leaders," McCurry told National Journal. "When we went into the Oval Office for one session, he saw me against the wall, pointed at me, and told the president, 'That one, over there, is one of your problems.'"...Read More
Undeterred by the razor-thin nature of his upset victory, Netanyahu was on the offensive from the start against President Bill Clinton, trying to reshape American policy. Clinton was so vexed after that first meeting that he vented to aides, "Who's the f—ing superpower here?"
The famously thin-skinned Netanyahu even tried to get Clinton to fire his press secretary, Mike McCurry. "He didn't like how I was describing the meetings between the two leaders," McCurry told National Journal. "When we went into the Oval Office for one session, he saw me against the wall, pointed at me, and told the president, 'That one, over there, is one of your problems.'"...Read More
