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Did Right Wingers Ruin Ron Lauder’s Dinner With Mahmoud Abbas?
by Naomi Zeveloff
May 9, 2017

Ron Lauder, cosmetics heir and president of the World Jewish Congress, prepped Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for his meeting with President Trump last week, a move that irked right-wingers and may have even led them to ruin the leaders’ dinner plans, according to a report in Israel’s Maariv newspaper. The report said that Lauder’s office had ordered takeout from a fancy restaurant for the two men, but the delivery was mysteriously canceled. Lauder is a close associate of Trump. His advice to Abbas infuriated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was aware of the behind-the-scenes meeting between Lauder and Abbas. READ MORE