An Israeli campaigning in America

摘要

Binyamin netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, could not have hoped for a better soapbox. Two weeks before Israelis go to the polls, he will take his stand on the Congress podium at the invitation of the Speaker, John Boehner, a Republican friend of Israel. From this most visible stage Mr Netanyahu will present himself as the guardian of Israel's security-in contrast to Barack Obama, who will be chided for his supposed readiness to yield in negotiations with Israel's arch-enemy, Iran. To the ire of Mr Obama's team, which tends to hold its nose when Mr Netanyahu approaches, the American administration was not even consulted in advance of the visit. In turn, the president refused to receive the Israeli prime minister.