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With Netanyahu, Obama Plays Bad Cop to Kerry's Good Cop
(New York Times) Mark Landler - Obama has fixed ideas about how best to pursue peace in the Middle East, and a far less solicitous style than his secretary of state, John Kerry, who has drawn close to Netanyahu over many hours of painstaking negotiations. With the deadline nearing for the Israelis and Palestinians to sign on to an American framework accord, Obama and Kerry have fallen into a good-cop, bad-cop routine with Israel. Regarding the Goldberg interview with Obama, "We thought the interview didn't reflect what we think has been going on in this process with Secretary Kerry," said a senior Israeli official. "Our perception is that Israel has been going the extra mile." Israeli officials played down the long-term implications from Obama's comments.