Why doesn’t Netanyahu back Ya’alon?

Israel’s blunt-spoken Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has found little backing at home for his outspoken criticism of Obama Administration’s policies. Up until Saturday night, March 22, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu let him face the music alone when US Secretary of State John Kerry demanded an apology – and even when his spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the clarifications Ya’alon offered of his remarks to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel were not good enough.

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