Intrepid Barack Obama?
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"(key excerpts) The essential question for Israel is. .whether Netanyahu remains the arrogant rejectionist that he was in the nineteen-nineties,...

[ The PBS NewsHour moguls Howard and Arlene Schnitzer, who control the OPB franchise (Oregon Public Broadcasting), under the Schnitzers OPB is that one NPR/PBS franchise, particularly the NPR radio segment, which has been successful in leading the way removing most of the "Hard News" on NPR and PBS, again, particularly regarding Israel ("Hard News" which is so essential for an informed American public), it's the Schnitzers who early on, and with much fanfare, brought Netanyahu to Oregon! ]

...the loyal son of a radical believer in Greater Israel, forever settling scores with the old Labor e'lites and making minimal concessions to ward off criticism from Washington and retain the affections of his far-right coalition partners.

Without the creation of a viable contiguous Palestinian state. .and with East Jerusalem as its capital, it is IMPOSSIBLE to imagine a Jewish and democratic future for Israel." - David Remnick Editor The New Yorker 3/29/10.