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Post-election Netanyahu tries to make amends

In the week since the elections, Benjamin Netanyahu has been trying to erase what he did during the campaign, expressing worries about US backing of Israel and international reactions.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands next to his wife Sara as he delivers a speech to supporters at party headquarters in Tel Aviv March 18, 2015. Netanyahu claimed victory in Israel's election on Tuesday after exit polls showed he had erased his center-left rivals' lead with a hard rightward shift that saw him disavow a commitment to negotiate a Palestinian state. REUTERS/Nir Elias (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR4TRPI
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is worried. Perhaps even scared. Till now, there were mainly veiled intimations, threats made in conversations behind closed doors, secret situation reports, commentaries in the newspapers. But now we see the Obama administration flogging Netanyahu on an almost daily basis.

US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro confirms that the United States has not yet decided whether to cast a veto in the UN Security Council on Israel’s behalf the next time it will be asked to do so. US President Barack Obama himself castigates Netanyahu in an interview with Huffington Post. White House chief of staff Denis McDonough delivers a speech to the left-wing pro-Israel J Street lobby in which he sharply criticizes Netanyahu.

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