Netanyahu 'personally involved in incitement against Obama...

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Akiva Eldar in Haaretz/ here

"The U.S. administration is furious over Israeli incitement against President Barack Obama, Democratic congressmen close to Obama told an Israeli source who returned from a visit to Washington this week.

The congressmen even hinted that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been personally involved.

The source, who met in Washington with administration officials and members of Congress, told Haaretz he was stunned by the level of anger there over attempts to portray Obama to the American public as an enemy of Israel because of his efforts to restart peace talks and freeze settlement construction

"There are people here who are playing with fire by damaging our relationship with the U.S.," the source said. ...........

A senior official in Amman told Haaretz this week that the clashes between Israel and the Palestinians in Jerusalem are causing unrest throughout Jordan and encouraging extremists. During Israel's operation in Gaza this January, he said, there were no fewer than 600 anti-Israel demonstrations in Jordan - several times the number registered in the West Bank during those same weeks.

Abdullah himself sought to use his his exclusive interview with Haaretz to rouse Israeli public opinion from its apathy about the freeze in the peace process and the government's support for rightist groups that seek to deepen Jewish control over Jerusalem's Old City and its environs..."

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