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Mon 08 Aug 2009Israel recalls diplomat over leaked memo
JERUSALEM – Israel has summoned one of its diplomats from the United States after he circulated a memorandum accusing prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government of doing “strategic damage” to ties with Washington.
Israel’s deputy foreign minister Danny Ayalon said a disciplinary measure was being taken with the Israeli consul in Boston, Nadav Tamir, after publication last week of his “very regrettable” memorandum. Mr Tamir’s criticism appeared in a brief intended for internal circulation and was leaked to Israel’s television, which quoted him as saying differences with Washington over Jewish settlements had hurt relations.
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