Netanyahu declines U.S. Democrats' invitation for meeting during visit

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"Though I greatly appreciate your kind invitation to meet with Democratic Senators, I believe that doing so at this time could compound the misperception of partisanship regarding my upcoming visit," Netanyahu wrote in a letter to Senators Richard Durbin and Dianne Feinstein obtained by Reuters.

Durbin and Feinstein, two senior Senate Democrats, invited Netanyahu to a closed-door meeting with Democratic senators in a letter on Monday, warning that making U.S.-Israeli relations a partisan political issue could have "lasting repercussions."

Spokesmen for Durbin and Feinstein could not immediately be reached for comment.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/02/25/israel-netanyahu-congress-idINKBN0LT06N20150225

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Awesome.

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…”the invitation you received from House Speaker Boehner … was sent without consultation with the White House or Democratic leadership”….

Correction: January 30, 2015
An earlier version of this article misstated when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel accepted Speaker John A. Boehner’s invitation to address Congress. He accepted after the administration had been informed of the invitation, not before.

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Knock knock.

Who's there?

Netanya

Netanyawho?

Yes.

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I have some American friends that would give an arm and a leg to have "someone like netanyahu as president". I don't understand it. I can't stand the dude, neither can many Israelis. Grass is always greener on the other side - Netanyahu is a nightmare.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chances of coasting to an easy victory in the March 17 election took a surprising hit on Thursday when a Panels Research poll taken for The Jerusalem Post and its Hebrew sister newspaper, Ma’ariv Sof Hashavua, found that a hefty majority of Israelis want him to lose.

The poll, taken on Wednesday among 500 respondents representing a statistical sample of the adult population, indicated that the election could end up being close and assumptions that Netanyahu cannot be defeated may be incorrect.

It asked respondents whether they want Netanyahu to remain prime minister after the vote.

Sixty percent said no, 34% said yes, and 6% did not know.

The poll asked about several party leaders and asked respondents whom they would prefer one-on-one if there were direct elections for prime minister.

In a head-to-head race between Netanyahu and former welfare and social services minister Moshe Kahlon,

46% preferred Kahlon, 36% Netanyahu and 18% did not know.

Between Netanyahu and former interior minister Gideon Sa’ar,

43% said Sa’ar, 38% Netanyahu and 19% did not know.

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Post-poll-60-percent-of-Israelis-dont-want-Netanyahu-anymore-383724

Edited February 25, 2015 by ExExpat