Sarah Palin is blasting the Obama administration over what she calls a "manufactured controversy" with Israel.
   In a message posted to Facebook, Palin referred to what she called the administration's overreaction to Israel's decision to announce new settlements while Joe Biden was visiting the country.
   The former Alaska governor and Republican vice-presidential candidate said President Obama has been too hard on Israel for expanding settlements while giving dictatorships a free pass.
   She questioned why envoys are sent to North Korea and the President shakes hands with Venezuela's tyrannical leader, yet the administration chooses to escalate a minor incident into a major diplomatic confrontation.
   Palin called for vice-president Biden to "rein in" the administration's rhetoric and commended Biden for his statement last week that, quote, "'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."  Right now, thanks to the Obama administration, Palin said, there is a chasm.
   She concluded her statement by saying it is time for the Obama administration to, quote, "push the reset button on our relations with our ally Israel."


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