MNSBC’s Morning Joe reported this morning that President Bill Clinton hosted an Israeli prime minister, Shimon Peres, in his election against Benjamin Netanyahu. President Obama is refusing to meet with Netanyahu next week because, he says, it’s too close to Israel’s election day.
“It’s not unprecedented,” the MSNBC host said of an American president hosting an Israel prime minister during his reelection campaign. “In 1996, the Clinton administration hosted Shimon Peres for a U.S. visit while he was in the midst of an election against Benjamin Netanyahu.”
“Democratic presidents have always loathed Benjamin Netanyahu,” said the other MSNBC host, Joe Scarborough.
