Last week Sallai Meridor quit as Israeli ambassador to the US with some saying he saw the two countries on a "collision course" with President Obama and PM Netanyahu. Now Eli Lake reports that Netanyahu's likely choice as national security advisor, Uzi Arad, can't get into this country because he's a former Mossad guy and security risk who was cited in the AIPAC spying case:
Mr. Arad acknowledged to The Washington Times that he has not been able
to obtain a visa to come to the United States but said the Israeli
government is trying to change that.
"The director general of the Israel Foreign Ministry did tell his
American counterparts that there has been no cause to deny me a visa,"
Mr. Arad told The Times.
Israeli and U.S. officials said Mr. Arad has been denied a U.S. visa
since June 2007 under section 212 3(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act. This gives consular officers and the Justice
Department authority to bar people who may seek "to violate any law of
the United States relating to espionage or sabotage" from entering the
country.
Mr. Arad was a member of the Mossad spy service from 1975 to 1997.
After retiring, he became Mr. Netanyahu's foreign policy adviser. While
in the Mossad, Mr. Arad worked mainly on analysis, but he also served
as a liaison for intelligence operations with allied services such as
the CIA.
In the past 21 months, prominent Israelis and Americans have quietly
but unsuccessfully pressed U.S. officials to grant Mr. Arad a visa.
"In the past 21 months, prominent Israelis and Americans have quietly but unsuccessfully pressed U.S. officials to grant Mr. Arad a visa."
Just like Israelis and (Zionist) Americans have quietly but unsuccessfull pressed US officials to pardon Jonathan Pollard for years. If it has the potential to damage American interests on behalf of Israel…then they're all for it.
Dealing with Netanyahu is a giant conflict in progress.
Larouche PAC go so far as to say that Arad was Franklin's "handler":
January 25, 2008 (LPAC)… The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, a think tank established in 2002 by the Jewish Agency, is directed by a team of top Israeli military and diplomatic personnel, including at least one figure with ties to the Larry Franklin/AIPAC spy ring. Prof. Uzi Arad, a director of the JPPPI, is the head of the Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya, and is a former Mossad officer. Arad was deeply implicated in the Larry Franklin spy case, having brought Franklin to Herzliya conferences, and having met with him at the Pentagon on at least one occasion. U.S. intelligence sources had told EIR, at the time that the Franklin case first surfaced, that Arad was being positioned to be the "handler" of Franklin. The argument was that an "ex" Mossad officer, working at a "think tank" could give Israeli intelligence plausible deniability of any role in the ongoing spying efforts, should Franklin be caught. Arad's name appeared in the Franklin indictment, and it is unclear what further details have emerged in the probe into the two AIPAC officials, still awaiting trial. Franklin pled guilty and agreed to cooperate with Federal prosecutors.
link to larouchepac.com
I just wish that Americans in the effective governmental and MSM places will have the courage to speak up for America, not just rubber stamp Likud Israel.
Uzi. It's a good name for an Israeli politician. Hopefully others will follow suit. Prime Minister GLOCK 9mm. Foreign Minister AK-47. But then their titles sound drab, don't they? Instead of Prime Minister, why not Death Lord Aleph? Instead of Foreign Minister, Blood Frenzy Regulator.
Rowan:
Yo… you forgot to mention Dennis Ross being Chairman of the place [JPPPI] for the full effect!
http://www.jpppi.org.il/JPPPI/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=138&FID=364
Sullivan again:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/03/south-africa-on.html
How about we just claim that the election was illegitimate, and then finance a civil war in the hope of getting a leader who might be a true "partner for peace?" I thought that was the official US policy as far as this conflict is concerned……
This is just Netanyahu slapping the US in the face to remind them who is boss.
sorry, Sand, I wanted to keep it simple. Incidentally, I think the date on the article is wrong, because the URL itself says Jan 2009, not Jan 2008.