What did Bibi say, what did he mean

President Obama has seized on purported statements by Prime Minister Netanyahu, not because they are true, but because they open up the door for the President to publicly display the hatred of Israel that he has shown privately since his first presidential campaign.

The two statements that were widely misreported were regarding Netanyahu’s support for a Jewish State and about Israeli Arabs voting

It is convenient for the media and President Obama to take half a statement and spin it the way they want, but the truth is Netanyahu never said he didn’t believe in a two-state solution, nor did he ever say he would block its creation. What he said was that a Palestinian State would never be formed while he was premier because it would become a base for radical Islam.

The dialog below is from the original CNN story posted the day before the Israeli election and before the leftist media and the President started spinning what Netanyahu said:

“Asked by an interviewer with the Israeli news site, NRG [Ma’ariv] if it was true that a Palestinian nation would never be formed while he’s prime minister, Netanyahu replied, ‘Indeed.’

“His interview with NRG came as he courted conservative supporters a day before Israelis head to the polls for national elections. 

“ ‘Anyone who is going to establish a Palestinian state, anyone who is going to evacuate territories today, is simply giving a base for attacks to the radical Islam against Israel,’ he said. ‘This is the true reality that was created here in the last few years.’ ” 

That’s what the guy said folks. Not “no two-state solution,” or that “he would block a Palestinian State,” but as long as they presented themselves as sponsors of terrorism there would be no Palestinian State, and based on that it will not happen on his watch.

The President knows exactly what Netanyahu said and what he meant the day he said it. Instead, he is exploiting the liberal press’ misreporting.