Netanyahu will not attend nuclear security summit in Washington, DC

Jerusalem Post via Heritage. "Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had said he would be at the conference to underline the danger of terrorists acquiring nuclear weapons. Officials in his office said Netanyahu reversed himself because some nations planned to use the conference to target Israel over its barely concealed nuclear weapons program." Obama's statesmanship is a gift that just keeps on giving. Republicans welcome Netanyahu's US trip cancellation "The American Politico website described Netanyahu's decision as "an embarrassing distraction on the eve of a high-profile meeting the White House has sought to carefully choreograph."