(Ben Caspit-Ma'ariv)..After four months of playing defense, Binyamin Netanyahu took the offensive yesterday for the first time. Until now, it was a one-sided game. Suddenly, for a moment, it looks balanced. Now there is a worthy rival on the playing field. True, this is a bit reminiscent of the game between the elephants and the mice, when at half-time, when the elephants are leading 6-0, the mouse coach tells his players to "start getting tough," but Netanyahu's move yesterday was a wise tactical move. Obama backed him into a corner with the settlements? So Netanyahu, with a maneuver of his own, takes him into the opposite corner, with Jerusalem. Just as the settlements are a consensus in the US and around the world, Jerusalem is a consensus in Israel and within the Jewish people.
Finally, something that is truly worth fighting over. Both of them, Obama and Netanyahu, now hold each other by a sensitive place. Now we will see whether Obama is a real man. Whether he really intends to take this to the end.
Yesterday, Bibi made a tiebreaker move for the first time. At least for one moment, he dictated the pace. He made it clear to Obama that he had pushed him against the wall, and there was no place for him to back down. He stood up in the cabinet meeting and said it in his own voice, loud and clear
Finally, something that is truly worth fighting over. Both of them, Obama and Netanyahu, now hold each other by a sensitive place. Now we will see whether Obama is a real man. Whether he really intends to take this to the end.
Yesterday, Bibi made a tiebreaker move for the first time. At least for one moment, he dictated the pace. He made it clear to Obama that he had pushed him against the wall, and there was no place for him to back down. He stood up in the cabinet meeting and said it in his own voice, loud and clear