Netanyahu, Romney to Speak Friday

◼ THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has scheduled a phone call for late morning Friday with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. - Daniel Halper/Weekly Standard

...Apparently at the request of both principals, neither of their offices has put a hard-stop on their schedules for this call, so the discussion is likely to be both substantive and substantial.

It will be interesting to hear the readouts tomorrow from both the Netanyahu and Romney camps after the "principals only" phone call—and to see the White House reaction, as well.

In the summer, Netanyahu hosted Romney in Israel for dinner, hours after Romney delivered an address in Jerusalem....

Netanyahu and Romney have known each other for almost 35 years, having worked together at Boston Consulting Group in 1976.