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Obama Win Puts Netanyahu between Barack and a Hard Place

posted on November 9, 2012

Josef Federman at The Times of Israel examines the relationship between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Federman traces the major points of dispute between the two leaders, and how they may affect future relations. Aaron David Miller, a former Mideast negotiator, said, “In general, you have a relationship that doesn’t have a solid foundation. There’s great distrust. But regardless of a lack of trust, in a way, the relationship is too big to fail.”  

Read at The Times of Israel