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This story first appeared in the March 21-28 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen floating in the Dead Sea's salty water alongside CBS travel editor Peter Greenberg in the new PBS documentary, Israel: The Royal Tour, which premiered March 6. In the salty water, people float to the top like a cork bobbing in water, so producers didn't want to take a chance Israel's leader might float away. That is why off-camera, crewmembers were gripping his foot. One of those crew members was Rick Feldman, who retired nearly two years ago

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Robert Kraft's hot young girlfriend just scored her very first producer credit on a documentary movie ... a movie that happens to be funded by Kraft's foundation ... TMZ Sports has learned. Ricki Noel Lander is officially credited as a producer on "Israel: The Royal Tour" ... which follows CBS news travel guy Peter Greenberg and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they travel around Israel. The movie aired on PBS Thursday night and will be released as a DVD.

In public TV's new special, "Israel: The Royal Tour," CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg travels through Israel with the country's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

The one-hour program offers an all-access look inside Israel as Greenberg and Netanyahu travel by helicopter, ship, dune buggy and bicycle through the birthplace of three great religions.

Says Netanyahu in a press release, "Many times during my years of public service I have wished there were an accessible way to share the many facets of Israel's unique beauty: its distinct landscapes, its inspiring holy sites, its ancient history and modern cities, its cultural and culinary treasures, its thriving nightlife and above all, its diverse and dynamic people. And Peter proved that he was more than up to the task."

Zap2it has an exclusive sneak peek at the special, in which Greenberg searches through a Jerusalem marketplace for one of his favorite Israeli treats: kanafi.

How do you improve on a state visit to Hollywood? If you’re Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, you punctuate an official visit to California by attending the screening of a television special in which you star. Fresh from his meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Netanyahu lands in Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon and will travel to Paramount Studios in Hollywood for a reception and screening of Israel: The Royal Tour, a Public Broadcasting Service special. Photos: The Top Celebrity Political Twitter Commentators The film was produced by CBS travel editor Peter Greenberg and is described

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