US Ambassador Met Secretly With Eisenkot, Netanyahu Meeting Canceled
Translated & summarized from Behadrei Haredim by baba
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Harkey secretly met with 'Yash' party chairman Gadi Eisenkot to discuss security issues. A subsequent meeting between Harkey and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was canceled at Netanyahu's request. Harkey stated the canceled meeting was social and postponed due to scheduling conflicts, to be rescheduled later.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- U.S. Ambassador Mike Harkey secretly met with 'Yash' party chairman Gadi Eisenkot this week.
- The meeting between Harkey and Eisenkot addressed sensitive security issues including Gaza and Judea and Samaria.
- A planned meeting between Ambassador Harkey and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was canceled at the last minute.
- The cancellation of the Netanyahu meeting was reportedly initiated by the Prime Minister.
- Ambassador Harkey described the canceled meeting as a social event postponed due to scheduling conflicts.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Harkey held a previously undisclosed meeting this week with Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the 'Yash' party, amid a turbulent political and security climate. The meeting, the first between the two, took place against the backdrop of preparations for upcoming elections and addressed sensitive security issues including the situation in Gaza and developments in Judea and Samaria. A source familiar with the details confirmed the meeting occurred, while Eisenkot's office declined to comment. Concurrently, a planned meeting between Ambassador Harkey and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was canceled at the last minute. According to the source, Netanyahu initiated the cancellation, and no new date has been set. Ambassador Harkey downplayed the cancellation, stating it was a social meeting postponed due to the Prime Minister's urgent schedule constraints, and that it would be rescheduled. He emphasized that any attempt to attribute further significance to the event beyond a social gathering would be incorrect.
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