Obama’s Netanyahu Snub Signals a Broken Relationship

Tuesday’s elections in Israel, which appear likely to give Benjamin Netanyahu another term as Prime Minister, were a signal that it’s time for the White House to repair President Obama’s chilly relationship with the hard-right Israeli premier.  But someone in the administration didn’t get the message. Rather than congratulating Netanyahu on his victory, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Wednesday that the president was deeply concerned about the “divisive rhetoric�