Smiles and Suspicions: When Israel's New Ambassador to the U.S. Met Obama

Ron Dermer, the new envoy, is seen by the White House as the 'brains' behind Netanyahu’s support for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

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The presentation of credentials by foreign ambassadors is usually a ceremonial event that does not arouse much interest. But the presentation of credentials in the White House Oval Office on Tuesday night was different. The ambassador was – the man considered by the White House, for good or for ill, as the long arm of Prime Minister in Washington.

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