March 19, 2013

Israel's Fate Is Now in Obama's Hands

Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg

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When President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet this week for what will almost certainly be an intense and lengthy conversation about Iran’s nuclear program, it will be the president, not the prime minister, who drives the discussion.

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TAGGED: Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinians, West Bank, Barack Obama, Iran

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