[Los Angeles Times] Richard Boudreaux - In the weeks since he was chosen to form Israel's next government, Benjamin Netanyahu has labored to dispel the perception that he's on a collision course with the country's most powerful ally. Netanyahu, sworn in as prime minister on Tuesday, says that Obama, with whom he has met twice, is "open to new ideas" on how to address the region's conflicts. "Netanyahu 2009 is very pragmatic. He puts Israel's interests first, but he does not ignore that one of those most important interests is the close relationship with the United States," said Zalman Shoval, a Netanyahu adviser and former ambassador to Washington.
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