Will Obama Try Chicago Techniques On Netanyahu?

Here's a link to my latest column for Moment magazine, on the troubled future of US-Israel relations.

Obama may be tempted to frame the coming debate as a personal contest between himself and Netanyahu, just as Clinton did, in the hope that his popularity within the American Jewish community will isolate him from criticism. If Obama chooses this option, he is peddling fantasies, not peace; Netanyahu speaks not only for himself, but for the majority of an Israeli public that has learned caution from bitter experience.