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Tue 11 Apr 2023 9:01 pm - Jerusalem Time

American officials try to reassure Israel about the security relationship after the Pentagon leak

The American “Axios” website revealed that the administration of US President Joe Biden has tried to reassure Israeli officials in recent days that Washington is committed to its security relationship with Israel, after it appears that the details contained in a group of alleged secret Pentagon documents that were leaked on social media indicate The United States has spied on some of its closest allies, including Israel, two Israeli officials said.


It is reported that the leak, which also included sensitive details from the US-Israel consultations, could have major ramifications for the extensive intelligence sharing between Israel and the US, especially if Israeli secrets are at risk of being shared due to any kind of security breach.


According to the site, US officials acknowledged that at least some of the documents appear to be real intelligence assessments drawn up by the Pentagon, but officials also warned that some information contained in the documents appeared to have been "tampered" and the US Department of Justice had opened an investigation into the leak.


One of the top secret documents that was leaked contained a short passage about Israel and the alleged involvement of Mossad officials in protests against the government's judicial reform.


According to the Washington Post, the document said that in February senior Mossad members called on agency employees and Israeli citizens to protest, "including several explicit calls to action that would condemn the Israeli government."


The document also stated that this assessment was based on signals intelligence, which indicated that US intelligence agencies were spying on their Israeli counterparts.


Axios says that the Israeli prime minister's office issued a statement on behalf of the Mossad denying any involvement of the agency in the protest.


And according to Axios, "the statement said that" the report published by the American newspapers at night is false and unfounded, and that the Mossad and its senior officials did not and did not encourage members of the apparatus to join the demonstrations against the government, political demonstrations, or any political activity.


And the site adds: “Another highly classified document that was leaked and seen by Axios contained an American intelligence analysis of Israeli policy regarding military aid to Ukraine and stressed that American pressure could push Israel to provide more military assistance to Kiev.


The document, first reported by The New York Times, contained sensitive details of US-Israeli deliberations on the campaign of air strikes against Iran in Syria and Israel's concerns about Russian-Iranian military cooperation.

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