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White House Said Obama Won’t Meet Netanyahu Over ‘Long-Standing Practice’ Not to Meet Leaders Nearing Elections. But It Has Happened Before.

2/4/2015

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The White House said last week that President Barack Obama would not meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he travels to Washington to address a joint session of Congress in March, explaining that it’s a longstanding policy to avoid meeting leaders shortly before they run for reelection. But according to an examination by the Times of Israel, presidents have in the past met foreign leaders during the height of their election campaigns.
“As a matter of longstanding practice and principle, we do not see heads of state or candidates in close proximity to their elections, so as to avoid the appearance of influencing a democratic election in a foreign country,” White House national security spokeswoman Bernadette Meehansaid in a statement Thursday.

The Times of Israel reported that Obama met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in June 2009, just three months before her country held elections.When President Bill Clinton was in the White House, he hosted then Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, the dovish leader of the Labor Party less than a month before the 1996 elections. The meeting was perceived as a push for the left-wing prime minister, who ended up losing to Netanyahu.The Times of Israel further reported that it checked more than 50 meetings between Obama and world leaders and found that none had been held only two weeks before elections.
On Wednesday, the White House called House Speaker John Boehner’s unilateral invitation to Netanyahu a breach of diplomatic protocol.

Netanyahu on Sunday defended accepting Boehner’s invitation, saying he would turn down no opportunity to try to prevent Iran developing nuclear weapons.

“As the prime minister of Israel, it is my duty to make every effort to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons that will be directed at us. This effort is an international one and I will go to every place where I am invited in order to make Israel’s case and to safeguard its future and existence,” Netanyahu told his cabinet ministers.

“In the coming weeks the world powers may reach a framework agreement with Iran that runs the risk of Iran being on the threshold of obtaining nuclear weapons, which would first and foremost endanger the existence of the state of Israel,” he said according to the Jerusalem Post.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/01/25/white-house-said-obama-wont-meet-netanyahu-over-long-standing-practice-not-to-meet-leaders-nearing-elections-but-it-has-happened-before/



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Ablindmule link
2/3/2015 06:49:42 pm

“The Times of Israel further reported that it checked more than 50 meetings between Obama and world leaders and found that none had been held only two weeks before elections.”

So, even the Israelis confirmed that the WH is consistent, they checked more than 50 meetings, and does not meet with world leaders this close to elections. Why is this a story and why is anyone complaining? I’m NO fan of Obama, but you look idiotic when you complain about a non issue, especially if they have been consistent in their application of the policy.

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realindependent link
2/3/2015 06:51:42 pm

So let me get this straight. Boehner invites BiBi to speak in front of congress without informing the White House. The Israeli ambassador meets with the President and Kerry and says nothing about his plans. And I have to read a headline on this site saying Obama is snubbing BiBi? WTF, Blaze, are you news, or propaganda? I know the answer do you?

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ORPatriot link
2/3/2015 06:53:00 pm

Obama refuses to meet with Netanyahu, not because of this stupid, made-up excuse of a policy, but because he hates Bibi and what he stands for! It’s as simple as that! This does not surprise.

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Bigun link
2/3/2015 06:54:34 pm

Why does this president refuse to tell the truth? Why can’t he just say that he hates Israel and that he stands with Palestine….and because of that, he refuses to meet with Netanyahu …..eminent election or not. If he was even half way honest he would say that he would love to see Israel wiped off the map. Now,….that ….is the truth of the matter.….we all know the truth and yet he refuses to say it.

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MysteryofBabylon link
2/3/2015 06:55:24 pm

You Nailed It. With a sledgehammer.

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1HonestInjun link
2/3/2015 06:58:05 pm

It’s obvious, Obama wants Iran to have the nuclear bomb. It’s his way of balancing the powers in the world. Why else would he keep extending the agreement with Iran? Let’s just face it, Obama hates Bibi and the Jews. Is that a surprise coming from his radical background?

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realindependent link
2/3/2015 06:59:45 pm

That’s right, Obama wants a nuclear Iran. Why else would he be negotiating with them to stop them from building one?

Your hate for this President is so strong you will ignore common sense of reality. We have been ignoring Iran since we overthrew their government. They have been building towards a nuclear weapon ever since.

So just like North Korea when we ignore them and don’t deal with the problem they end up getting the nukes anyways.

So let’s just bury our heads in the sand like Israel and Palestine and hope nothing happens in the next 50 years.

Morons so concerned about your side winning an argument politically sad really.

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