Two news stories in the headlines Wednesday point to a dangerous and growing gap between the leaders of the US and Israel in analyzing the changing realities of the region and how to deal with them.
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was issuing what sounded like an ultimatum to US President Barack Obama on Iran — demanding that the US openly announce its “red lines” for Iranian nuclear development — young Islamic fundamentalists apparently enraged by a racist American movie about the Prophet Mohammed attacked US diplomatic outposts in Egypt and Libya, killing US Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other Americans.