Peter Beinart on the US' longstanding trend of rolling over to its ally
(NEWSER) - President Obama hosted Benjamin Netanyahu last week, and unlike Bibi's last visit—a disaster for Obama—this one went well, with Netanyahu seemingly embracing the president. But that harmony came at the cost of Obama's principles on Israel, says Peter Beinart of Newsweek , in a modified excerpt from his new book, The Crisis of Zionism. It was all too familiar. "The story of Obama’s relationship to Netanyahu and his American Jewish allies is, fundamentally, a story of acquiescence," Beinart writes. More»
