Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Why Bibi snubbed Obama and is skipping next week's AIPAC conference

BEN CASPIT for Al-Monitor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to cancel his US trip so that he could avoid meeting with both President Barack Obama and the US Jewish community.

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