Israel allegedly sabotaging Iran nuclear talks

WASHINGTON D.C.: Relations between the United States and Israel appeared to plunge to a new low this week with the Obama administration charging that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has leaked secrets to undermine American efforts to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran.

With tension already high over Netanyahu’s plans to castigate the US policy on Iran in a speech to a joint session of Congress on March 3, White House and State Department officials publicly complained that Israeli officials had disclosed sensitive details from private US briefings to publicly attack the American negotiating position.