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March 19, 2021

The Conspicuous Absence of the American President from the Israeli Election Campaign

Which leader can better manage without America?

In Israel’s elections last year, Likud billboards displayed pictures of Benjamin Netanyahu next to Donald Trump to highlight the incumbent prime minister’s success as a custodian of the alliance with the U.S. Such electioneering moves are not new, writes Shmuel Rosner; Israelis value their alliance with the U.S., and want a leader who will handle the alliance deftly. What’s more remarkable is that Joe Biden has not been much discussed in the lead-up to next week’s vote:

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