The Handshake That Never Happened

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The Handshake That Never Happened

The world waited with bated breath as the day approached: would President Obama’s speech to the UN General Assembly reflect positively on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s “charm offensive” (as the Israelis derisively dub it)? Would the two meet up at a luncheon arranged by Ban Ki-Moon and – gasp! – actually shake hands?

We now know the answers to these two questions: no, and certainly <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/nuiJD/~4/WWI9Ghk1AHM" height="1" width="1"/>