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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking before the Likud lobby, aka AIPAC. Unfortunately, he didn’t bring his cartoon bomb.

Paul Waldman is a weekly columnist and senior writer for The American Prospect. He also writes for the Plum Line blog at The Washington Post and The Week and is the author of Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success. Follow @paulwaldman1