The success of Binyamin Netanyahu’s divisive politics in Israel
When solutions are daunting and unpalatable, why seek them?
THE YOUNG Israeli diplomat was visibly flustered, tie askew, forehead glistening. A senior American official had just chewed him out inside the State Department and he had no idea what to say about it to the reporters clamouring for comment outside. He blinked helplessly into their cameras, struggling for words.
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “Statesman and schemer”
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