(Washington Post) Daniel W. Drezner - Last week, the Obama administration was doing a lot of throat-clearing about the need to reevaluate relations with Israel after Benjamin Netanyahu's reelection. The administration's tone has been remarkably inflexible despite Netanyahu's post-election efforts at a walk back. What gives? The Wall Street Journal quoted a senior administration official saying, "The Israelis really better be careful because a lot of these people will not only be around for this administration but possibly the next one as well." I have never seen a senior administration quote like that one directed against an ally. The writer is a professor of international politics at Tufts University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
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