Report: US halted transfer of Hellfire missiles to Israel
Report: US halted transfer of Hellfire missiles to Israel
Shipment of aerial anti-armor missiles stopped after White House,
State Department learned that IDF requested transfer directly from Pentagon without asking for their approval, according to Wall Street Journal report.
Yitzhak BenhorinPublished: 08.14.14, 08:13 / Israel News
via Report: US halted transfer of Hellfire missiles to Israel – Israel News, Ynetnews.
WASHINGTON – The US administration has halted a shipment of Hellfire aerial anti-armor missiles to Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing government sources.
The sources noted that Israel had requested the transfer of ammunition’s directly from the Pentagon, without receiving the approval of the White House or State Department officials.
According to the sources, White House officials were concerned about Israel’s use of artillery, instead of precision-guided munitions in the more densely populated areas in the Gaza Strip.
The paper describes a long line of battles between the administration of US President Barack Obama and the Israeli government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, noting relations between the two countries have reached another low point.
Obama and Netanyahu reportedly had a “particularly combative” phone call on Wednesday.
US officials are quoted by the Journal as saying the current Gaza conflict has “persuaded them that Mr. Netanyahu and his national security team are both reckless and untrustworthy.”
Meanwhile Israeli officials view the Obama administration as “weak and naive” and are working to bypass the White House, working with allies in Congress and elsewhere in the US administration instead.
An Israeli official told the newspaper that the rift between Israel and the US has now deepened: “We’ve been there before with a lot of tension with us and Washington. What we have now, on top of that, is mistrust and a collision of different perspectives on the Middle East.”
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WarSclerotic 
August 14, 2014 at 8:32 AM
This clear things up about BiBi action or inaction as i suspected.
It is the black hand at the background.
But, but , but Joop , one week ago everything was a OK with the US, love songs all around to hear , yep but did i tell you not for more than year and a half that BIBI has to watch his back !