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U.S. Ambassador Views Relations with Israel During Obama's Second Term
(Times of Israel) Elhanan Miller - U.S. Ambassador Daniel Shapiro ruled out the possibility that President Barack Obama will harbor ill will towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the latter's perceived support for Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the U.S. presidential campaign. Shapiro told the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday: "Anyone who knows the president understands that this is not how he thinks," adding that talk of revenge against Israel was "ridiculous." "The president is a strategic thinker; his policies are not governed by emotion," he said. Shapiro also said the Palestinians' bid to gain non-member status at the UN is a mistake. "It will be a mistake to approach the UN at this stage....The way forward is to hold negotiations between the two sides and not through unilateral acts."