Laura Rosen, in Politico, here
"U.S. officials said the delay, which stretched until late Sunday, stemmed from last-minute discussions aimed at gaining a more robust and public commitment to the peace track from Mr. Netanyahu," the Wall Street Journal reports. "One official said the U.S. wanted Mr. Netanyahu to express stronger support for negotiations on an independent Palestinian state at his speech Monday before the Jewish Federations of North America in Washington. 'We're in the part of the process where you can't expect something for nothing,' the official said."
That, it seems, they got. Netanyahu was notably on his best behavior in the speech. Although offering no new policy shifts, he held back from underhanded punches at the U.S. administration to a potentially friendly audience and did not invoke the "we have no Palestinian partner" cry..."
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