'You have to be strong to get respect': What the U.S. ambassador to Israel really thinks of the Middle East - U.S. News - Haaretz.com

'You have to be strong to get respect': What the U.S. ambassador to Israel really thinks of the Middle East - U.S. News - Haaretz.com: David Friedman's remarks are strikingly similar to what Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday. 'In the Middle East there's a simple truth: There's no place for the weak,' the PM said