(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121107-obama-netanyahu-hmed-630a.photoblog600.jpg)Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty ImagesU.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during meetings at the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 5, 2012.By Martin Fletcher, NBC News
News analysisTEL AVIV, Israel -- Payback time. That is what many Israeli leaders are worrying about on Wednesday, concerned that their prime minister backed the wrong horse in the U.S. election.
Instead of staying out of American domestic affairs during the U.S. race, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be un-subtly backing Mitt Romney.
On Wednesday, Yair Lapid, a young Israeli politician, spoke for many:
“During the election campaign in the U.S., the prime minister acted and spoke in a manner that was interpreted as blatant intervention on behalf of the Republican candidate, contrary to the customary relations between states. We call upon Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to take immediate steps to mend the shaky relationship between him and the administration in Washington.”
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