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WASHINGTON — Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren denied Sunday that he had told Israeli diplomats a “tectonic rift” was emerging between the United States and Israel — incendiary words first reported in the Israeli press and then repeated in media around the globe.
In an interview, Oren said that he had spoken of a “tectonic shift in American foreign and domestic policies” under President Barack Obama and that “Israel has to adjust to that.” But he suggested that his description was much more benign than that reported by anonymous sources who heard his briefing, explaining that he was merely emphasizing that Obama is an ambitious change agent not satisfied with the status quo.
