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Anshel Pfeffer in conversation with Catherine Philp on Netanyahu and The Future of Israel

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The Importance of Sarah in Netanyahu's Political Career

In the middle of Netanyahu's political career he was out of power in which he'd been beaten by El Barak and then by Al-Sharon. In that decade I think Sarah and Netanyahu, his current wife was probably one of the main, if not the main factor, on the road back to power. He could have had a very good life as working in the private sector after his first term as prime minister but she kept him on. It's interesting that a man who is so assertive and seems to know what he wants can be that passive says David Frum.

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