The U.S.
National Security Agency (NSA) has eavesdropped communications
between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. lawmakers
and American-Jewish groups, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
The United
States captured phone conversations of top Israeli officials,
including Netanyahu's private conversations, as it believed the
intercepted information could be valuable to counter Netanyahu's
campaign against the U.S. nuclear deal with Iran, according to the
report.
The United
States has been pursuing a nuclear arms agreement with Iran at the
time without telling its regional friend, while Netanyahu prepared
for possible strikes against an Iranian nuclear facility in 2011 and
2012, the report said.
By 2013,
though the U.S. intelligence agencies determined Netanyahu was not
going to strike Iran, it had another reason to keep watch, for the
White House wanted to know if Israel had learned of the secret
negotiations with Iran.
After
Israel's lobbying campaign against the deal went into full swing on
Capitol Hill, it did no take long for administration and intelligence
officials to realize the NSA was sweeping up their conversation
content.
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It is
characteristic that the US-Israel relations are not in the best
shape, and this is not only due to the Israeli policy concerning
Gaza, but also because the US are trying to approach Iran, and one
reason is probably because they think that the Iranian army, which
did not get involved in deleterious wars for many years, is
suitable to contribute to the fight against the IS fighters.
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... the US need Russia and even
Iran to clean up the mess in Middle East. A mess which was created
by the US and their allies in Middle East when they started to arm
anti-Assad forces to confront the Assad regime. Now, ISIS is out
of control. However, the Americans had enough troubles with the
attrition wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They wouldn't risk further
mess by bringing 'boots on the ground' to confront ISIS. The
recent deal with Iran, concerning its nuclear program, is not
accidental.
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