Israeli media is standing by the transcript of a leaked telephone conversation between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, in which Obama allegedly ordered Netanyahu to agree to an immediate cease fire.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183495#.U9kT-vldWa9
Both Washington and Jerusalem are denying the story, but diplomatically, they have to. Israel depends on the support of the US, its only real ally that matters, and no US administration can afford a break with Israel politically. The majority of the American people still support Israel.
The reality is, however, that right now, the current administration is no help to Israel in its fight to survive. Hopefully, in two years we will have leadership in the US that recognizes that the forces Israel is fighting are essentially the same as those committing the horrors in Iraq and Syria. For Obama to be treating Hamas as co-equals with Israel is an outrage.
As far as I've read, the Obama administration is perfectly prepared to supply Israel the hardware to replenish the Iron Dome defense, which probably matters a lot more than a heated conversation that may or may not have been accurately "leaked."
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