(National Journal) Yochi J. Dreazen - A senior Defense Department official told reporters traveling with Gates: "You look across the landscape in the Middle East and you see this kind of populist wave crashing across the region, and I think it is probably in the Israeli interest to get out ahead of that populist wave by leaning forward on the Palestinian track and taking that issue away from the discourse....At the moment, Israel is not the center of the story...but at some point this rising tide of populism in the region will have real implications for Israel."
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