“Nothing has been so direct as the Netanyahu Web site, though we have seen others with shades of it”. When a campaign is successful, “people are going to knock things off, both in terms of functionality and aesthetic.” Websites aside, for liberals in both countries, the idea of Mr. Netanyahu as the Obama candidate of Israel seems mystifying. Of the 3 main contenders for prime minister in February’s election, including Tzipi Livni of Kadima and Ehud Barak of Labor, Mr. Netanyahu is the most hawkish and the least interested in the focus on dialogue with adversaries that Mr. Obama made a centerpiece of his foreign policy platform.

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