(Washington Post) Glenn Kessler - Dennis Ross, a longtime Middle East expert, has emerged as a crucial, behind-the-scenes conduit between the White House and the Israeli government to discreetly smooth out differences and disputes. Ross's role is highly sensitive because it might be seen as undercutting the mission of George Mitchell, President Obama's special envoy for Middle East peace. It was Ross - a senior director for Middle East policy on the White House staff - who worked with Prime Minister Netanyahu's private attorney Yitzhak Molcho and Defense Minister Ehud Barak on a package of incentives that the Obama administration is offering Netanyahu to extend a settlement moratorium.
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