article_snippet: (CNN)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent speech to the U.S.
article_snippet: Congress has received disproportionate media attention across the world: the leader of America's most important client state in the Middle East defies the reservations of the White House, abusing Congress as a platform for the leader of America's most important client state in the Middle East Israeli election campaign.
article_snippet: While the Arab world has been widely apathetic about the Israel-Palestinian issue amid regional disintegration, partners on both sides of the Atlantic have tried to facilitate the revitalization of constructive peace talks.
article_snippet: As a consequence, Israel's foreign relations with Israel most important strategic partners have noticeably cooled.
article_snippet: Obama's Middle Eastern focus has shifted from the Israel/Palestinian issue to a rapprochement with Iran.  
article_snippet: More importantly, many traditionally pro-Israel Western publics have turned many traditionally pro-Israel Western publics back on the Jewish state.
article_snippet: Younger generations in particular refuse to accept the narrative that shaped Younger generations parental generation: Israel as the David in a fight against Goliath.
article_snippet: Israel's monopoly on victimhood has been undermined by an inflexible, uncompromising short-minded policy towards a Palestinian people under occupation whose narrative of victimhood increasingly finds attentive ears in the West.