Netanyahu, the US and the Isolation of Israel
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Benjamin Netanyahu won reelection last week after a campaign that disparaged Israeli Arabs and renounced a Palestinian State. How much has that widened the gap between Israel and the US — its most important historical ally? What's next at the United Nations?
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| 0:32.8 | Netanyahu, the U.S. and the isolation of Israel. |
| 0:39.3 | Hello again. I'm on Al-N Alney, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International. |
| 0:43.4 | A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:46.0 | After last week's re-election, President Obama told Benjamin Netanyahu the U.S. |
| 0:50.1 | will have to reassess its policy of supporting Israel unconditionally. Netanyahu's warning about |
| 0:56.2 | Arab voters sounded racist, and post-election claims that he doesn't really oppose a Palestinian state |
| 1:01.6 | have been widely questioned. American Jews are divided, and Israel is becoming a partisan issue in |
| 1:07.6 | Washington. After decades of American vetoes at the UN, will that mean allowing |
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| 1:48.9 | Benjamin Netanyahu won re-election last week after a campaign that disparaged Israeli Arabs and renounced to Palestinian state. |
| 1:56.6 | How much has that widened the gap between Israel and the United States, its most important |
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