Sarah Palin criticized the Obama administration today for creating a "manufactured controversy" with Israel.

In a message posted to Facebook, Palin said Obama has been too hard on Israel for expanding settlements while giving dictatorships a free pass:

Envoys are sent to North Korea as they continue to defy the world’s demand to give up their nuclear weapons. The Burmese military junta’s representative is allowed to travel to our nation’s capital. The President’s envoy for Sudan talks about giving that genocidal regime “gold stars,” while the President shakes hands with Venezuela’s tyrannical leader. In the midst of all this embracing of enemies, where does the Obama Administration choose to escalate a minor incident into a major diplomatic confrontation? With Iran, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea or Burma? No. With our treasured ally, Israel.

Republicans and a growing number of Democrats have criticized the administration for overreacting to Israel's decision to announce new settlements while Joe Biden was visiting the country.



Palin said Biden should "rein in" the administration's rhetoric.



"Vice President Biden was actually right when he said last week, before the construction announcement, that 'one necessary precondition for progress is that the rest of the world knows...there is absolutely no space between the United States and Israel when it comes to security,'" Palin wrote.

"Right now, thanks to the Obama Administration, there is a chasm. It’s time for President Obama to push the reset button on our relations with our ally Israel."

