An Israeli legislator apologized for calling the U.S. ambassador a “little Jew boy.” Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer and Knesset member Zvi Hendel held a reconciliation meeting at the home of Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, where Kurtzer accepted Hendel’s apology, Israel Radio reported.
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