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Israel envoy tells U.S. Jews: There is no Israel-U.S. crisis
By Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: michel oren, israel news 

Israel's ambassador to the United States told a group of American Jews on Saturday that the rift between the Obama and Netanyahu administrations over construction in West Bank settlements was not a crisis, but a difference of opinion.

Speaking at an Orthodox synagogue in the Hamptons, Long Island, Michael Oren said he was speaking as an expert on U.S.-Israel relations.

He told his audience that there were differences between the allies on certain topics now, just as there has been in the past.
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The envoy referred to several examples to differentiate the current situation from past crises between Israel and the U.S. He mentioned the threat to impose sanctions on Israel in 1956 during the Sinai campaign and the crises stemming from U.S. military support for Jordan before the 1967 Six-Day War and the U.S. sale of intelligence aircraft to Saudi Arabia.

Oren on Friday warned against ignoring the Iranian nuclear threat, telling a Colorado audience that an Iranian atomic bomb could "wipe Israel off the map in a matter of seconds."

He said he would not "second-guess" the Obama administration's next move in dealing with Tehran's nuclear aspirations, and added that he was certain Obama had "the best interests of the U.S. and the interest of Israel at heart."
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  1.   Learning curve 21:35  |  Natallie Durson 05/07/09
  2.   Michael Oren 21:46  |  jay 05/07/09
  3.   There is no Israel-U.S. crisis 22:06  |  Chet 05/07/09
  4.   Crisis Chet #4 22:41  |  DaVID 05/07/09
  5.   .There is no Israel-U-S. crisis 22:53  |  Harold 05/07/09
  6.   Does that mean apache helicopters won`t be held up any longer? 23:06  |  politicallyincorrect 05/07/09
  7.   # 2 jay 23:42  |  Axel 05/07/09
  8.   In the Hamptons - How Perfect 23:45  |  Mark of Lewiston 05/07/09
  9.   No peace will come until evacuation... 01:18  |  Jasper 06/07/09
  10.   One third of us Jews don`t live in USA nor Israel. 10:23  |  Fortuna Benmayor 06/07/09
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