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President Obama called Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to congratulate him on becoming Israel’s new prime minister. Here’s the White House’s release describing the call, in which the president reaffirmed "the United States’ steadfast commitment to Israel and its security" and said he looked forward to working with him on issues such as Iran and Arab-Israeli […]

In our little self-obsessed community of Jews watching the Middle East, reading the “Daily Alert,” published by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, is what passes for Kremlinology. It purports to be a roundup of news and opinion in the Middle East, but it misses the point often enough, that you have […]