WikiLeaks: Israel's Security Concerns Often Clash With U.S. Interests

[Jefferson23]

National Advocacy Director, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.
Posted: November 30, 2010 10:43 PM

In an explosive WikiLeaks revelation, Maj. Gen. Amos Gilad, the head of the Political Military Bureau of Israel's Ministry of Defense, while discussing Israeli requests for U.S. military aid, "acknowledged the sometimes difficult position the U.S. finds itself in given its global interests, and conceded that Israel's security focus is so narrow that its QME concerns often clash with broader American security interests in the region," according to the State Department.

Gilad's "typically frank" remarks lend credence to the testimony of Gen. David Petraeus, then CENTCOM Commander, before the Senate Armed Service Committee in March. Petraeus articulated several reasons why U.S. and Israeli interests did not necessarily coincide. The Arab-Israeli conflict, according to Petraeus:

in full: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-ruebner/wikileaks-israels-securit_b_790100.html

[shaayecanaan]

1. The cable this article refers to is a fascinating read....

I would encourage everyone on the forum to have a look at it. Beyond the media hoopla these cables promise to be quite a useful primary source for future historians.