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Article: MIDEAST: NETANYAHU RECKONS WITH 'OBAMA MESSAGE'
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
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- June 10, 2009
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Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
Inter Press Service English News Wire
06-10-2009
JERUSALEM, Jun. 10, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - Right-wing Israeli
influences and the force and diffusion of Obama's policies are
making it harder for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to
ignore the Obama message, though he has not converted - yet.
Netanyahu's response to Obama's landmark Cairo University
address was minimalist, and he remains reluctant to meet Obama's
demand for a total freeze on Israeli settlements.
It's a mighty challenge for Netanyahu to counter, especially
since he roots his political strategy in an exclusivist vision of
what suits only a small percentage of Israelis, the ...