Israel fears scathing U.S. report on its West Bank policies
Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff; 23/7/08
The United States security coordinator for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, retired general James Jones, is preparing an extremely critical report of Israel’s policies in the territories and its attitude toward the Palestinian Authority’s security services. A few copies of the report’s executive summary (or, according to some sources, a draft of it) have been given to senior Bush Administration officials, and it is reportedly arousing considerable discomfort. In recent weeks, the administration has been debating whether to allow Jones to publish his full report, or whether to tell him to shelve it and make do with the summary, given the approaching end of President George Bush’s term
See: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1004143.html
State Dept. complaints irk Israeli officials
Barak Ravid; 23/7/08
Senior officials in the U.S. State Department, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, have repeatedly complained to Israel recently over relatively minor Palestinian issues that it would have ignored until a few months ago, Israeli officials say. Complaints about settlement construction or army operations that kill Palestinian civilians have always been the norm. But Israeli officials are worried by the State Department’s new tendency to intervene in a much broader range of issues.
See: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1004139.html
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