As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives this weekend in the U.S. and prepares to meet President Obama next week, there is an opportunity for the two countries to reboot relations heading into the final stretch of the Obama Administration. Some believe this will be challenging. Many have written about the personality clash between the two leaders. But I think the impact has been exaggerated. However, there certainly have been significant policy differences between them over the past several years. This was particularly obvious during the debate around the so-called Iran deal. In that fractious exchange, there were tough words exchanged all around. At times, competing claims...
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