U.S.-Israel relations

Netanyahu’s odd ‘American values’ gambit

Why is Benjamin Netanyahu talking up American values?

U.S. officials score Netanyahu on ‘American values’ comment

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s questioning of “American values” in pushing back against Obama administration criticism of Jerusalem building was “odd,” U.S. officials said.

White House rebukes Israel over eastern Jerusalem building

Israel’s go-ahead for new housing in eastern Jerusalem would “poison the atmosphere” and distance Israel from “even its closest allies,” the White House said.

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