Summary
[Tzipi Livni], the Kadima Party leader and [Benjamin Netanyahu]'s main rival in the race to succeed Ehud Olmert, has warned that if Netanyahu becomes prime minister again, Israel and the [BARACK OBAMA] administration could be on a similar collision course.
Netanyahu rejects her arguments out of hand. In an open letter last November congratulating Obama, Netanyahu said he and Obama have a good working relationship and that it was after the two met in Washington that Obama submitted a bill to Congress to tighten sanctions on Iran.She toured the beleaguered Israeli town of Sderot with Obama in July and said she saw a man "committed to Israel's wellbeing and security."See the full content of this document
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The Obama Surge and Israel's Elections
BARACK OBAMA'S ELECTION AS AMERICA'S FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT HAS LEFT ISRAELI decision makers deeply impressed, somewhat envious of the workings of American democracy and, in some corners, worried about possible new U.S. policy directions.
With Israel in the throes of its own election campa...See the full content of this document
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