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Netanyahu Plunges to Earth

Posted May 8th, 2015 at 5:14 pm (UTC-4)
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To expect an already risk-averse Netanyahu, dependent on a coalition largely of religious and right-wing parties, to make bold and even consequential choices on key issues such as peace is to expect too much.

Netanyahu’s New Government Could Be Messy, Short-Lived, and Likely to Anger the U.S.

Posted May 7th, 2015 at 9:35 am (UTC-4)
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Netanyahu…now lives to fight another day at the helm of a new coalition. How long that government lasts — and how much further away from Obama it pushes Netanyahu — remains to be seen.