Benjamin Netanyahu this week retained a U.S.-based company to represent him on the lecture circuit. The Washington Speakers Bureau did not state what the outgoing Israeli prime minister would earn for each speech, but the Israeli daily Yediot Achronot estimated he will command $60,000 per lecture. In one speech, “The Role of Leadership in the Modern State,” Netanyahu plans to discuss how to deal with solitude.
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