Netanyahu responded with thanks, saying Obama spoke of "the greattransformation that has occurred in the life of the Jewish people with a rebirth of the Jewish state" that has grown from a once powerless population into a nation that has "both the right and the capability" to defend itself.
Part of this went towards thetransformation of theGreat Tower and some of it enabled improvements to the sea front as well as the planning of the cable car which will connect the front with the castle on the top of the cliff to the east of the town.
The magic ingredient that's catalyzed its transformation from a good team into a great one has been the metronomic, intensely skillful bowling of Vernon Philander.
There was a great piece in the New Yorker the other day about that remarkable transformation and decisions made about group affiliation trumping policy.