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Netanyahu ‘played’ Trump with misinformation: Tillerson

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Published: 24 September 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

In address at Harvard, former US Secretary of State calls PM’s diplomacy ‘a bit Machiavellian,’ Netanyahu does not deny account

Tillerson says Netanyahu skilfully ‘played’ Trump using misinformation (Times of Israel)
Ex-secretary of state calls prime minister’s diplomacy style ‘a bit Machiavellian,’ Netanyahu does not deny account, says ‘Israel is the good guy’

Netanyahu 'played Trump using misinformation' several times, says Tillerson (Haaretz)
US President Donald Trump's first secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, spoke at Harvard on Tuesday during a 90-minute panel interview with Harvard professors

Photo: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington, DC, 2017 (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
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