José María Aznar, the former Spanish prime minister who came to the US capital this week to push his Friends of Israel initiative, blasted the Obama administration for its Middle East policies in discussing the need for his new group.
'To have good relations with the Muslim world is very important, but not at the cost of losing the trust and confidence of the Israeli people,' he said in response to a question from The Jerusalem Post, ahead of a dinner launching his initiative here on Tuesday night."