(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Following a meeting in London between Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor and a senior British diplomat on Thursday, Israeli officials are cautiously optimistic that a diplomatic crisis with Britain can be avoided over the fake British passports apparently used in the assassination of Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai. One Israeli diplomatic official said there was no diplomatic crisis with the UK "because there is nothing to connect this with Israel." Just because the media had determined that the Mossad was responsible did not make it so, he said.
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