By sheer coincidence, on the day that The Wall Street Journal ran an article by Knesset member Michael Oren headlined “How Obama Abandoned Israel," the leading headline of Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth announced that US President Barack Obama had invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House for an official visit in July. If Netanyahu is right and the negotiations with Iran end in a “bad deal” — from Israel's point of view — this gesture of reconciliation will be by way of too little, too late.
Nonetheless, the invitation to Washington will lift the restraining order that has kept the prime minister away from the White House and provide an opportunity to improve the relationship between the two men.