Obama Caught on Mic Insulting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu While Talking with French President Sarkozy – Report 11/8/11
(Fox News) – The White House is declining to comment about an audio tape from last week’s G20 summit that captured President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy venting about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom Sarkozy calls a “liar.”
The conversation overheard by reporters — who evidently agreed not to report it because it was captured before the two leaders thought they were on-mic — was picked up on English and French simultaneous translation headsets.
According to French website, Arret sur images, which analyzes media coverage of current affairs, Obama was heard asking Sarkozy to help persuade the Palestinians to stop their efforts to gain U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state.
Sarkozy told Obama, “Netanyahu, I can’t stand him. He’s a liar.”
Obama did not object to the characterization, and responded: “You are sick of him, but I have to work with him every day.”
