American Journalist returns to Isreal 20 years after covering the region. Basic theory seems to be that things just aren't as good as they used to be when the Labour Party was in power (and the Jews were one big happy family, relatively speaking). He seems too cynical to be complementary towards anybody. For instance, he says that no president in the last 25 years has put any effort into solving the Arab-Isreali crisis, except for a few months when Bill Clinton wanted everyone to get their minds off of Monica Lewinsky.
