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| Report: US believes Israel leaked information about direct talks with Hamas in attempt to sabotage them, while warming US-Russia ties concern Israel and other allies; Axios, NYT stirring the pot | |
| 2025-03-07 | |
| [IsraelTimes] US government officials have accused Israel of leaking information to the media about the Trump administration’s would-be-secret direct negotiations with Hamas in an attempt to sabotage the talks, the Ynet news outlet reports. According to the report, Israel was not informed of the talks between the US and Hamas ahead of time, as a previous attempt to hold such a meeting had been canceled following pressure from Jerusalem. As such, Ynet reports, when the US decided to go ahead with the talks despite Israel’s stance, it was decided that Jerusalem would not be informed of their existence. Nevertheless, when Israel’s point man on the hostages, Maj. Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon, got wind of the talks, he informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about their existence. The first media reports regarding the existence of the talks between the US and Hamas appeared less than a day after Netanyahu was informed of them, Ynet says, leading the US to suspect it was behind the leak. Citing US officials, the report suggests that Israel leaked the information with the intent of sabotaging the talks as it is opposed to being left in the dark as other parties make arrangements for the future of the Gaza Strip. Furthermore, the report suggests that Jerusalem opposes the talks as it is concerned that the US will lose interest in pursuing a complete hostage deal for all remaining captives if it succeeds in freeing the five US citizens held by the Gaza terror group. Israel could reduce intelligence sharing with US due to warming ties between Trump, Putin — report [IsraelTimes] Israel is considering cutting back on intelligence sharing with the United States due to concerns over the recent warming of ties between US President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, NBC reports, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. Several other longtime US allies, including the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia, are said to be considering changes to their intelligence sharing protocols. According to the report, among the concerns shared by various US allies is the fear that the identity of important foreign assets could be revealed, thus jeopardizing them, amid the US’s reconciliation with Russia. Citing unnamed sources, NBC says that discussions on the potential scaling back of intelligence sharing “are already happening,” but that no decisions have been made thus far. An Israeli official denies the report’s content, telling NBC that “cooperation between Israel and the United States on every level, including the sharing of crucial intelligence data, is as strong and solid as ever.” The UK and Canada similarly reject the report, and there is no comment from New Zealand or Saudi Arabia. US didn’t give Israel advance notice that it would be holding talks with Hamas — NYT
Israel heard about the talks through “other channels,” says The New York Times, citing an Israeli official. Maj. Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon, Israel’s point man on the hostages, informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the talks, and told the US team in Doha that it knew about the contacts with Hamas, according to the Times. The Times report corroborates a report from Axios yesterday, which says Israel only learned about specific aspects of the talks through other channels. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 ^No comment. |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-03-07 07:00 |
| #4 @3 Vietnamese yes. Pashto no. The Karzai & successor regime didn't even recognize the basic territorial sovereignty of any Western nation, including the US. Liberated Afghanistan was a passive aggressive political enemy of the West. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-03-07 06:42 |
| #3 A necessary consequence of the Trump administration's policy toward Ukraine is turning US alliances into low trust affairs. Now say this in Vietnamese. Or Pashto. |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-03-07 06:24 |
| #2 A necessary consequence of the Trump administration's policy toward Ukraine is turning US alliances into low trust affairs. Trump personally may want the US to be a faithfully ally to Israel, but in a mere 4 years he will be out. In a mere 4 years it might be the Israeli prime minister who gets a dressing down in the Oval Office by President Michelle Obama. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-03-07 05:59 |
| #1 Hamas must be annihilated. Kill ALL of them. Leave no survivors. |
| Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2025-03-07 05:57 |