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Leno to host award ceremony in Israel

By Josef Federman
Published May 8, 2014 10:39pm ET
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Leno to host award ceremony in Israel
In this Tuesday, March 11, 2014 photo, Hall of Fame inductee Jay Leno speaks on stage at the 2014 Television Academy Hall of Fame at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, Calif. In an interview on Thursday, May 8, 2014, Leno says the recent collapse of U.S.-backed Mideast peace talks should make his job just a little easier when he performs in front of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later in the month. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images) | Frank Micelotta

JERUSALEM (AP) — Jay Leno sees a small silver lining in the recent collapse of U.S.-backed Mideast peace talks: It should make his job just a little easier when he performs in front of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later this month.

“I guess any American that’s not John Kerry is more than welcome there right now,” Leno said.

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