Like I said, the president is not the US.  Congress, not the president, appropriates money, and Israel has a lot of support among the American people and in Congress.  What Obama thinks about money going to Israel is pretty much irrelevant unless it&#x27;s something over which he&#x27;d be prepared to get into a big budget fight.  Which he&#x27;d probably lose.<p>The president has gone out of his way to show the Israelis he doesn&#x27;t like or respect them.  He undermines them at every opportunity.  Were I Netanyahu I wouldn&#x27;t give Obama the time of day.  I&#x27;d fly in, give my speech to Congress, and then leave without ever going to the White House.