Joint Chiefs Chair hobnobs with Israelis in Tel Aviv:

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This is significant. Until 's previous visit to Israel in December, no joint chiefs chairman — the highest military position in the US — had been here in more than a decade. This week's visit is his second since taking up the post less than a year ago, and comes just weeks before Ashkenazi is scheduled to fly to Washington to meet with him there... In addition, the meetings coincide with a recent escalation in Israeli rhetoric vis-à-vis Iran. Earlier this month, Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz said Israel would have no choice but to attack Iran. Other officials, too, such as Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Israeli ambassador to the US Sallai Meridor, have made similar, if less definitive, remarks.
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