Former President Bill Clinton — a favorite both in Israel, and amongst pro-Israel supporters here in the US — recently made an abrupt shift in his public statements on Israel, breaking completely from the dominant ‘neo-conservative, inner-beltway’ narrative on US foreign policy in the Middle East.

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The Israeli press is headlining the results of a new poll, that finds the majority of the American public supports an Israeli attack on Iran with one caveat that is not mentioned in their reporting. Our leaders now know that being party to such an attack will not be politically unpopular, and in fact would be supported by many here.

“Actually it’s a lot of fun to fight. You know it’s a hell of a hoot. It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right up with you. I like brawling.”

By falsely labeling Ayatollah Fadlallah a “terrorist,” prevous US administrations alienated the Arab world and made peace negotiations more difficult. Obama is continuing the same mistakes.

Hopeful words from this week’s U.S.-Israeli summit are in conflict with decades of meaningless lip service to “peace process.”

The unpleasant consequences for Israel of their illegal attack on the flotilla and their brutal massacre of nine unarmed Turkish citizens continue to unfold and deepen.