Symbolism is important.
Protocol is significant.
Jews blundered on both fronts this week. At the same time, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum officials were tripping over themselves after disinviting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. They had to apologize and reinvite him as a VIP guest. The handling of both events was amateurish. First off, Netanyahu must be more careful when he conducts high-profile courting of opposing factions within the United States.