Ally by michael b oren

Oren reports in his remarkably frank new memoir, “Ally.” “The chastised representatives fell silent and finally acknowledged Netanyahu’s presence, but their near brawl demonstrated that Washington’s political schizophrenia also split American Jews” - or so the former Israeli ambassador to the United States and current Knesset member Michael B. But the calm was shattered as the Democrats and Republicans began shouting at each other and pounding the table until they were told to cool it. After the two delegations quietly entered the dimly lit brocaded dining room, they sat down at a large elliptical table, the Democrats to Netanyahu’s left and the Republicans to his right. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Washington in July 2010, he met with representatives of the National Jewish Democratic Council and the Republican Jewish Coalition at Blair House.