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Obama, Netanyahu Meet Amid Questions over U.S.-Israel Relations

(Washington Post) Anne E. Kornblut - Two months after a tense meeting at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Obama are set to meet on Tuesday with a deceptively simple mission: getting their picture taken together in a public show of unity. Obama was cool toward Netanyahu during their last meeting and the two were never photographed, which in diplomatic code sent a chilly message. This next meeting has been promised as "a makeup visit," one senior Democratic lawmaker said. David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said, "I think the blowup in March between Obama and Netanyahu has led each side to realize that they've gone too far, and they've got to dial it down. Because there's too much at stake."
2010-07-06 08:20:45
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