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Israeli election chief puts curbs on Netanyahu's speech to U.S. Congress
Source: Reuters
Israeli election chief puts curbs on Netanyahu's speech to U.S. Congress
BY LUKE BAKER
JERUSALEM Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:11am EST
(Reuters) - The head of Israel's election commission acted on Monday to limit any pre-election boost Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may get from a March 3 speech to the U.S. Congress in which he will warn of the threat from Iran's nuclear program.
The speech has caused controversy in Israel and the United States, where the Democrats and the White House are angry that the Republican speaker, John Boehner, invited Netanyahu to speak at a sensitive time in the nuclear negotiations between Iran and six big powers including Washington, and only two weeks before Israel's closely fought March 17 election.
Following complaints from opposition parties, election chief Salim Joubran decided that Netanyahu's address should be broadcast with a five-minute delay in Israel, giving news editors time to cut any statements deemed partisan.
"Editors-in-chief of broadcast channels will watch and make sure that nothing the prime minister says can be construed as election campaigning," Joubran said in a statement. "Any campaigning will be omitted from the broadcast."
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BY LUKE BAKER
JERUSALEM Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:11am EST
(Reuters) - The head of Israel's election commission acted on Monday to limit any pre-election boost Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may get from a March 3 speech to the U.S. Congress in which he will warn of the threat from Iran's nuclear program.
The speech has caused controversy in Israel and the United States, where the Democrats and the White House are angry that the Republican speaker, John Boehner, invited Netanyahu to speak at a sensitive time in the nuclear negotiations between Iran and six big powers including Washington, and only two weeks before Israel's closely fought March 17 election.
Following complaints from opposition parties, election chief Salim Joubran decided that Netanyahu's address should be broadcast with a five-minute delay in Israel, giving news editors time to cut any statements deemed partisan.
"Editors-in-chief of broadcast channels will watch and make sure that nothing the prime minister says can be construed as election campaigning," Joubran said in a statement. "Any campaigning will be omitted from the broadcast."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/16/us-election-israel-congress-idUSKBN0LK1C320150216
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speaking in opposition to the benefactor's foreign policy agenda ... an agenda that is viewed to be not in the interest of Israel, be campaigning enough? (I.e., Wow, our PM really stood up for us against the US President. If he did that with the US, he REALLY won't take any crap from anyone else."
ETA: If the Israeli electorate is anything like that of the US ... tough-guys are to be revered.
