Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture World Watch - CBS News
I don't know whether or not the president did this on purpose. But he should have known the Arab world would read this into it. Now, has Obama run out of apologies, or does he have one left for the nation of Israel?
Israeli TV newscasters Tuesday night interpreted a photo taken Monday in the Oval Office of President Obama talking on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an "insult" to Israel.
They saw the incident as somewhat akin to an incident last year, when the Iraqi reporter threw a shoe at President Bush in Baghdad.
It is considered an insult in the Arab world to show the sole of your shoe to someone. It is not a Jewish custom necessarily, but Israel feels enough a part of the Middle East after 60 years to be insulted too.
I don't know whether or not the president did this on purpose. But he should have known the Arab world would read this into it. Now, has Obama run out of apologies, or does he have one left for the nation of Israel?
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