09 Mar
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Coronavirus: Netanyahu’s Chance to Return Trump’s Favor

“Just as Trump was there for Netanyahu when he needed a nice diplomatic gesture on the eve of Israeli elections (and then on the eve of the next one, and the next one) and just as he was willing to go further than any other American president in fulfilling the wishes of an Israeli center-right government, now Trump needs Netanyahu to do him a solid.”—Nathan Guttman

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24 May
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Tweeting AIPAC

Well, folks, another AIPAC Policy Conference has come and gone, and this year’s had no shortage of buzz. With a pair of high-profile speeches from Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu, bookended by the former’s speech on the Middle East last week and the latter’s Congressional address earlier today, the 2011 Conference generated a lot of chatter on that up-and-coming phenomenon, the Internet. Here are a few of our favorite tweets from the weekend’s events: Noah Pollak (@noahpollak), Executive Director of the Emergency Committee for Israel: “Boehner is great. But he looks like he spent the weekend pounding Bud Lites on a motorboat. Sunscreen, Mr. Speaker. Check it out." Jeffrey Goldberg (@Goldberg3000), national correspondent, The Atlantic: “AIPAC convention feels a bit like what I imagine the atmosphere inside the Loehmann’s dressing room to be.” “Is it possible to find speakers who...

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