Site Meter Yehudi Yerushalmi: More American interference in Israeli internal affairs

Wednesday, December 21, 2005

More American interference in Israeli internal affairs

Rice endorses Sharon

The Bush Administration does not hide its public support for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon even during the sensitive election campaign period.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice lauded PM Sharon during an interview on CNN Tuesday, praising Israel’s leader for his courage

. . . Curiously, newly elected Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu has to contend with an American support for his elections rival for the second time. In 1999, the Clinton Administration made every effort to assist the Labor party’s Ehud Barak, who emerged as the eventual winner.

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