Obama In Israel: The Presidential Tourist -- Dana Milbank, Washington Post
In Israel this week, President Obama was quite the kibitzer.
He kibitzed — Yiddish for offering unsolicited chatter, jokes or advice — about the stripes on the tarmac at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport. He kibitzed about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s family and about being a lefty. He kibitzed about the weather and gardening. He kibitzed about the health of Israeli President Shimon Peres, a mechanical snake, a chandelier and the relative troubles presented by Congress and the Knesset.
He even kibitzed on a visit to Yitzhak Rabin’s grave Friday, as overheard by reporters in the White House press pool: “Bibi arranged for perfect weather . . . Shimon plied me with wine . . . [Rabin] had a great speaking voice. . . . I can sing. They had me sing on YouTube.”
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