http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/media-declare-loser-in-israeli-election-barack-obama/article/2561706Media declare loser in Israeli election: Barack Obama
By Eddie Scarry | March 18, 2015 | 5:25 pm
Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's re-election victory Tuesday, the U.S. news media dubbed President Obama the loser in the far-away vote.
"This is a tough break for President Obama," said CBS correspondent Barry Petersen Wednesday morning.
Politico reported that Obama "might have hoped for a leadership change that would reboot his poisoned relationship" with Israel in the election. "But he didn't get it on Tuesday."
The Obama administration has endured increasingly chilly relations with Israel under Netanyahu's leadership. Tensions between the two increased two weeks ago when Netanyahu delivered a speech to Congress that was critical of a deal sought by Obama and the Iranian government over Tehran's nuclear development program. Obama did not attend the speech but said that he read a transcript and that it offered "nothing new" in terms of a solution to Iran's nuclear ambitions.
"Benjamin Netanyahu's resounding victory in Israeli elections on Tuesday appears to have dashed any hopes President Obama might have had for a way out of his tumultuous and often bitter relationship with the prime minister," wrote the New York Times. A separate article in the Times said "there was no doubt some disappointment" at the White House over Netanyahu's victory.
"Netanyahu scores victory in Israel; blow to Obama," read the front page of the New York Post.
The Washington Post wrote that Netanyahu's win guarantees "two more years of difficult diplomacy between leaders who barely conceal their personal distaste for one another."
