“Someone I don’t know”: the US ambassador to Israel stung Amichai Shikli

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US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Neides He spoke today (Tuesday) at the annual international conference of the Institute for National Security Studies, INSS, during which he addressed the criticism leveled at him from the coalition after he advised Netanyahu to “press the brakes” when it comes to legal reform. In his words, Neidas scolded the minister Amichai Shikli, When he said that “someone I don’t know said he wants me to stay out of Israel’s affairs.”

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As I recall, Shikli dismissed the words of Ambassador Naides in an interview with Network B in which he said: “I say to the American ambassador: turn on the brakes yourself. Mind your own business.” Shekley added that Israel would be happy to discuss with the ambassador “foreign relations matters, security matters, but respect our democracy. With all the love and respect.”

Shikli said these words in response to an interview given by Neidas to the podcast of the former advisor to the President of the United States David Axelrod, in which he noted that “We tell the prime minister, as I tell my children – put on the brakes. Slow down. Try to reach a consensus. It’s a very complex issue and they’re trying Promote him too quickly.”

MK Amichai Shikli (Photo: Reuven Kapucinski)

MK Amichai Shikli (Photo: Reuven Kapucinski)

In his speech today, Neidas noted that “considering the fact that 72 percent of Israelis voted in the last five elections and 56 percent of Arabs went out to vote, in addition to the demonstrations we see every week here – Israel is an essential democracy.

“The democratic values ​​we share with Israel are reflected in the legal institutions, among other things, this is what we have in common, this is what led us to act for Israel at the UN last week. We say what President Herzog said – to slow down.”

“Someone I don’t know said he wants me to stay out of Israel’s affairs – I think most Israelis would not want us to stay out of its affairs. We are before Ramadan and Passover – I give credit to Israel, the Jordanians, the Palestinians to talk about things. I am definitely concerned about the situation.”

On the subject of Iran, the ambassador said that “If the New York Times is to be believed, Iran is breaking forward – this is a problem for Israel, for Israel and for the United States.” Biden said we will not stand by and allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons, secondly we will not tie Israel’s hands and thirdly that Israel has our backing.

“The USA always prefers a diplomatic solution, but as long as the Iranians do what they do not only to their people but also arm Russia in the war in Ukraine – we have nothing to talk to them about. There is full transparency between us and Israel – this is our commitment to Israel and we will keep it.”

Regarding the war in Ukraine, the American ambassador said that “Putin and the Russians are committing war crimes in Ukraine – the US led the way with Europe and the international community to allow the Ukrainians to defend themselves. The hope that Putin will stop in Ukraine – it is unrealistic. That is why the US is leading this campaign against Russia, it’s not over yet, there will be another difficult period, but we are there for the long term, we are there to win.”

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