Monday, July 13, 2009

Netanyahu's Uzi Arad, 'demoted' to the UK Embassy ...

LR, in the CABLE, here
"... one Israeli analyst cautioned that the report, by Channel 2's political commentator Amnon Abramowitz, may be a "trial balloon" from Netanyahu's office "designed to warn Mr. Arad to shut up."
Arad made controversial comments in interviews this past week that reportedly further exacerbated tensions between the Obama and Netanyahu governments, and angered his boss. ...
"Senior administration officials in Washington commented with astonishment and anxiety on the interview given by Arad in response to the statements by President Obama, who said at the start of the week that the U.S. had not given Israel a green light to attack nuclear facilities in Iran," Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported Friday..."

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