Loves me, loves me not
THINGS are not quite as they were. Binyamin Netanyahu, summoned to Washington this week for talks with Bill Clinton, was denied customary honours, including a “working lunch” with the president (he had to make do with a snack with Vice-President Al Gore). And when he was called back for a second late-night conversation on January 20th, the president apparently let him feel the rough side of his tongue. Not what Israelis expect.
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