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“There is a hope that is common to Israel under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with Egypt under President Sisi, with Saudi Arabia under King Salman, and with the United Arab Emirates under Mohammed bin Zayed. All of these leaders are hoping for a United States that will lead them against the twin radical threats of ISIS and Iranian imperialism.”

(Former Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dore Gold writing in the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs on the role of the US in the Middle East, 10/11/2016)