Netanyahu Looks Beyond Obama to Make Amends With Democrats
- Israeli leader puts liberal group on itinerary in Washington
- Obama meeting with Netanyahu for the first time since 2014
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, pauses while speaking during a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 3, 2015.
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Benjamin Netanyahu is looking past his fraught relationship with President Barack Obama to a more lasting concern as he visits Washington next week: rebuilding Israel’s standing with American Democrats.
While he’ll meet with the president and speak at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, Israel’s prime minister also has arranged an address at the Center for American Progress, a Washington-based institution with ties to liberal Democratic groups and to Hillary Clinton, the front-runner for the party’s presidential nomination .