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Leaks Against Trump Are Hurting Israel


(Newsweek) Elliott Abrams - American officials leaked highly classified information to the New York Times revealing details of Israeli involvement in penetrating a cell of extremist bombmakers in Syria. Those officials committed a crime. The Times' unprincipled and irresponsible disclosure damaged not only Israel but our own safety. It helped ISIS. As Alex Fishman wrote in Yediot Ahronot, "Somebody is waging their battle against Trump at Israel's expense and is deliberately causing serious damage to an ally of the United States, bordering on betrayal." The writer, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, handled Middle East affairs at the U.S. National Security Council from 2001 to 2009.
2017-06-19 00:00:00
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