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Mossad: Israel becoming burden on US
By JPOST.COM STAFF06/01/2010 14:11
Meir Dagan tells Knesset c'tee Iran fuel deal a distraction ploy.
Strategic ties between Jerusalem and Washington are slowly changing, Mossad chief Meir Dagan told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday.
"Bit by bit Israel is turning into more of a burden than asset for the US," Dagan said in his meeting with committee.
The Mossad chief indicated as well that the US views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a lower priority after determining that neither side is ready for an agreement.
Dagan also surmised that the Iranian uranium fuel-swap deal brokered by Brazil and Turkey was designed to avert the sanctions proposal currently in front of the UN Security Council. Iran's effort to avert sanctions was influenced by a lack of progress in the development of its centrifuge program the intelligence chief reported.
The Iranians "pulled a rabbit out of their hat to split the international community at the last moment," said Dagan.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?ID=177136
"Bit by bit Israel is turning into more of a burden than asset for the US," Dagan said in his meeting with committee.
The Mossad chief indicated as well that the US views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a lower priority after determining that neither side is ready for an agreement.
Dagan also surmised that the Iranian uranium fuel-swap deal brokered by Brazil and Turkey was designed to avert the sanctions proposal currently in front of the UN Security Council. Iran's effort to avert sanctions was influenced by a lack of progress in the development of its centrifuge program the intelligence chief reported.
The Iranians "pulled a rabbit out of their hat to split the international community at the last moment," said Dagan.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?ID=177136
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