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Does the US-Israel Relationship Need Mending?
US relations with Israel have been strained by the nuclear deal with Iran and other disagreements between Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu. Will the Prime Minister's current visit to Washington help bridge the gap, or will that have to wait until the US has a new president?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenUS relations with Israel have been strained by the nuclear deal with Iran and other disagreements between Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu. Will the Prime Minister's current visit to Washington help bridge the gap, or will that have to wait until the US has a new president?
Later on the program, should Russia be banned from next summer's Olympic Games?
Photo: President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval office of the White House in Washington November 9, 2015. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
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Read the story7 minUS-Israeli Relations and Political Damage Control
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Today's headline in a Russian sports magazine asks, "Are they taking Rio away from us? It's a reference to yesterday's report about Russia's systematic doping of world-class athletes and calls for banning Russians from next summer's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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