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George H.W. Bush Was The Last President To Really Get Tough With IsraelOne of George H.W. Bush’s greatest accomplishments, a flurry of even-handed diplomacy that set the stage for the first direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, has received relatively little attention in the analysis of his legacy that followed his death on Saturday.As part of his efforts, Bush threatened aid to Israel to nudge it in the direction of peace — making him the last American president to take such strong measures against the American ally. And, for a time at least, he got his way.“Bush’s foreign policy legacy, especially on the issue of Israeli-Palestinian peace, cannot be overstated,†said Daniel Kurtzer, a longtime U.S. diplomat who helped shape Bush’s Middle East policy. “His willingness to be tough on all parties ... ushered in a period of intense diplomacy involving Israel and all of the Arab world.â€Read more at: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-h-w-bush-last-president-to-get-tough-with-israel_us_5c06ac48e4b07aec5753418a
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It was different back then, that's for sure. James Baker, Bush 41's SOS, barred Netanyahu, then a foreign minster for Israel, from the State Department for saying “American policy in the Middle East is based on lies and distortionsâ€.https://thehill.com/policy/defense/222577-james-baker-i-barred-netanyahu-from-state-dept
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