At his meeting with Obama last night, Netanyahu
said: "As I'm the Prime minister ,
I'm thinking of changing how my great country is referred to, and
I'm thinking that it should be a Kingdom." Obama replied
"I'm sorry Bibi, but to be a Kingdom, you have to have a
King in charge - and you're not a King."
Netanyahu thought a while and then said: "How about a
Principality then?" To which Obama replied "Again, to be a
Principality you have to be a Prince - and you're not a
Prince, Bibi."
Netanyahu thought long and hard and came up with "How about an
Empire then?" Obama, getting a little annoyed by now,
replied "Sorry again, Bibi, but to be an Empire you must
have an Emperor in charge - and you are not an Emperor."
Before Netanyahu could utter another word, Obama said:
"I think you're doing quite nicely as a Country."