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Michael Oren Needs To Watch More Football

In this week's Jewish Week, Michael Oren is quoted as saying:

When I say on TV in the U.S. that Israel runs interference for America against terror, people know I’m using a football phrase and understand what I’m talking about. I spent my youth in America. It’s a matter of language, of wavelength.

I am an American football fan (of the American version of football) and am not sure I understand what he's talking about. Is he referring to blocking? Has the terminology of football changed since Oren was a youngster?

And what, if anything, does this say about the efficacy of Israel's PR efforts?
posted on 4/30/2009