U.S. Generals in Turf Battle in Israel

[Jerusalem Post ] Yaakov Katz and Herb Keinon - A report by U.S. security coordinator to Israel Gen. (ret.) James Jones will reveal a turf war going on between Jones and American security envoy Lt.-Gen. Keith Dayton, Israeli defense officials said Wednesday. "There is tension between Jones and Dayton," said a senior defense official. "The report needs to be looked at as part of an American domestic power struggle and is less about Israel and its policies in the territories." The report will criticize Dayton, said another security official, since it "will conclude that law-enforcement institutions - which Dayton was supposed to help create - do not really exist."


2008-07-24 01:00:00

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