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The Clinton administration deemed the talks a success, saying 1) no one expected a breakthrough in the first round; and 2) the unprecedented discussion of substantive issues was a breakthrough . Skeptics said the progress was minimal and questioned whether the "well-rehearsed technique of locking Israel and its adversaries in a negotiating arena, cut off from other distractions, still works as well as it once did."
An editorial in the Jerusalem Post compared the impeachment in the United States with Israel's current political turmoil and said that "[I]n both nations, people are getting frustrated with political systems that have become obsessed with themselves, and wish that what they see as unseemly distractions will be quickly over."
He can ill afford the politically motivated distractions posed by Jones and others.
Closer to the city center is Fuboshan (“Whirlpool Hill”) another natural stone tower with a view as well as other distractions.
I did not mention Monica in my lecture, but the first question I was asked was how President Clinton could do his job with all the distractions caused by the Monica Lewinsky affair.