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" We feel for Benjamin Netanyahu. He will no longer be eating his ice cream for free, according to the Atlantic Wire: &amp;quot;The Prime Minister&amp;#039;s Residence had already spent NIS 3,000 [$814 US] on ice cream by May of last year, and therefore filed a special request for budgeting thousands of shekels more for ice cream from a nearby shop that Netanyahu especially liked,&amp;quot; reports the Times of Israel. After the rest of his countrymen found out, the embarrassed PM had to withdraw the request for the special snacks. That just sounds tragic, something surely no man should have to bear, and while we try to stay relatively apolitical here on the blog, ice cream is a food worth fighting for. Mr. Netanyahu is the leader of one of the most critical nations in the world. Goddammit, having ice cream is important. Moreover it can prove to be an essential political tool. Herein, a history of ice cream in American and global politics: A VISUAL HISTORY OF POLITICAL ICE CREAM Secretary to the President Marvin McIntyre received ice cream meant for FDR:  Library of Congress Vermont senator Ernest W. Bigson was reportedly an ice cream fiend:  Library of Congress As Silvio Berlusconi demonstrates, love of gelatto is practically required by law in Italy:  AFP/Getty Images Ice cream can reduce eurozone big shots to just two bros hanging out in the Hague:  AFP/Getty Images It&amp;#039;s Germany&amp;#039;s economy minister Philipp Rosler (right) and Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte (left). It&amp;#039;s not like those countries are at war or anything. On the other hand, note the lack of ice cream at Hitler&amp;#039;s appeasement table:  Hulton Archive/Getty Images A few years later:  De Agostini/Getty Images Wouldn&amp;#039;t they have looked a little happier to be there if they had some cones? We feel secure in saying...  Hulton Archive/Getty Images ...that there was probably no ice cream at the Cuban Missile Crisis. Although Castro had some...  Archive Photos/Getty Images ...at the Bronx Zoo a few years earlier. And we&amp;#039;re not saying it would have made the Civil War any easier...  Archive Photos/Getty Images ...but it couldn&amp;#039;t have hurt. Ice cream&amp;#039;s been helpful on campaign trails... For Nelson A. Rockefeller.  Time &amp;amp;amp; Life Pictures/Getty Images And Howard Dean:  Joe Raedle/Getty Images And George W. Bush:  Charles Ommanney/Getty Images And Mitt Romney:  Getty Images But it must be said: No one loves ice cream more than the Clintons. Exhibit A:  Time &amp;amp;amp; Life Pictures/Getty Images And we&amp;#039;re pretty sure Hillary learned it from Bill. Exhibit B:  Scott Olson/Getty Images Exhibit C:  Cynthia Johnson/Getty Images Exhibit D. Really, Bubba?  AFP/Getty Images Really. Even out of cups.  AFP/Getty Images In other words, ice cream is essential to Benjamin Netanyahu doing his damn job and making sure World War III doesn&amp;#039;t happen. I rest my case. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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