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Why Trump, Clinton both scare Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fears that if elected president, Hilary Clinton will hit the ground running and not stop until advancing the two-state solution.
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With regard to the presidential campaign in the United States, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself in the position he hates most: irrelevance.

In the 2012 elections, Netanyahu assiduously helped Republican candidate Mitt Romney. His close associate, gambling tycoon Sheldon Adelson, contributed tens of millions of dollars to the Republican campaign, and Netanyahu’s confidant Ron Dermer (who later became Israeli ambassador in Washington) operated a supportive network within the US Jewish community.

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