For the first time since the U.S. president signed the agreement with Iran, unusually sharp remarks by an Israeli official in talks with Washington are being published. The comments were made today during a meeting in Washington with American and Lebanese representatives.
Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter is said to have delivered especially pointed criticism in the session, according to the article's summary of the exchange. The report does not provide the full quotation in the excerpt, but says the ambassador effectively put the Americans in their place.
The meeting took place in the U.S. capital and comes against the backdrop of the Iran deal, which is the immediate context for the unusually direct Israeli response. The publication frames the comments as unprecedented since the accord was signed.
The article says the full remarks are being published, but the excerpt ends by promising more details shortly. No further substance from the meeting is included in the provided text.
