"First, there is no partnership with Israel. It’s only a trip. Second, the trip was funded and organized by groups that we don’t know anything about. How are you strengthening sovereignty by allowing your president to become a propaganda ploy for a country with an abysmal human rights record. Third, there is an ongoing and well-publicized campaign to boycott, divest, and sanction Israel and Israeli goods, similar to the campaign against apartheid South Africa. NN prez foolishly crossed this line without accessing where the world community sits on the issue. Related to this point, if the NN really wants to engage the international community, it can start by taking heed to how it has interpreted the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. What was the vote at the UN assembly to give Palestine observer status? Check it out, and then check who the countries who voted against it."Andrew Curley says: