Netanyahu fastest flip flopper ever

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set a record for fastest flip flopper in history on way to winning re-election last Tuesday. On the eve of the election he promised his extremist Likud Party supporters there would never be a Palestinian state under his watch. He further compromised the cause of peace in the area, for Israelis as well as Palestinians, by warning his supporters to turn out because the dreaded Arab Israelis were "coming out in droves." But within two days he walked backed both cynical statements, saying he was mis-interpreted. 

Too late, Mr. Prime Minister. Your action in cavorting with your paid lobby, the Republican Party, to undermine our best chance to avoid war with Iran; dismissing the only chance for peace and justice for Palestinians; and your racist, xenophobic appeal for votes, has forever changed the debate in America about your false friendship. We'll now be able to have a healthy debate about endless, $3 billion a year giveaways and sole vetoes at the UN to enable your continued subjugation, indeed destruction, of the Palestinian people.  That is the main takeaway from your Pyrrhic re-election victory.