WSJ: Why Has Obama Turned Against Israel?

The Wall Street Journal published an editorial on Monday which counters the attack on Israel by New York Times journalist Thomas Friedman a day earlier. Friedman wrote that following the announcement of Jewish construction in Ramat Shlomo that the Vice President should have "closed his notebook, flown home and left behind the following note: 'Friends do not let their friends drive drunk. Right now you are driving drunk ... You have lost all touch with reality, call us when you're serious."

In response to the New York Times editorial the Wall Street Journal noted that the Obama administration had promoted "healthy relations" between Iran and Syria, weakly criticized President Assad  when he spoke of "American colonialism", and apologized for its attitude to Moamar Gaddafi even though he called for jihad against Switzerland. "But when it comes to Israel, the administration has no problem raising its tone," wrote the newspaper under the headline "Obama's Turn Against Israel".