Joe Biden, widely considered the Obama administration’s most Israel-friendly member, chose an odd moment to meddle in Israel’s politics. Addressing J Street, the administration’s favorite American Jewish organization, the veep on Monday expressed “overwhelming frustrations” with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies. Several hours earlier, in Jerusalem, a bus bombing injured 21 passengers. By the time Biden spoke, the Israeli police had already called it Palestinian terrorism. (Biden said he wasn’t sure.) Yet Biden decided it was the right time to once more whip Washington’s favorite whipping boy, the government of...
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