Those comments by Barak were prior to the last election. Israel is continuously in a life and death battle to survive. We have the good fortune to be able to make many bad moves politically and all that happens is that we lose face and look weak.
Israel can not easily survive without our help and they can not be weak. They can not alienate the current US President when it is widely known and reported in the Times that Mitt Romney and Benjamin Netanyahu have been close personal friends for two decades.
A lot has happened since 7/12. As for Israel's actions in the UN, who knows what calculations were in play.
Updated On: 4/24/14 at 01:43 AM