White House Chief Daley vs. Netanyahu and US Democracy

Yisrael Medad
My Right Word
09 January '11


Ben Smith of Politico reminds us that:

[Newly appointed White House Chief of Staff William] Bill Daley...brings his own contentious history with Netanyahu to the job.

Commerce Secretary Daley sparked a tense exchange of words in 1998, when he answered a question after a speech at the Brookings Institution by suggesting that Netanyahu -- the prime minister at the time -- was less interested in peace than his people, and that an election could fix that.

"Every poll we've seen, every poll that has been reported about the people of Israel are overwhelmingly in favor of the peace process moving forward," he said. [G]enerally governments end up reflecting their people. It may take some elections to do that but that generally happens. ...And hopefully that the people of Israel, again, who overwhelmingly are supportive of peace will make their voices heard a little louder to the political establishment."

Netanyahu fired back at the time, demanding an apology.

"I don’t know whether he said the things that he hinted at or called for changes in the Israeli government. If he said these things, they’re grave remarks which are unacceptable to us," he said. "If these things were indeed said, I expect an apology and unequivocal correction of the comments."

American democracy, of a type, at work?

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