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Sunday, August 04, 2013

An embassy question

I'm not near a decent Internet connection, but can someone investigate why the US embassy in Tel Aviv was closed today? And is it closed tomorrow?

The reason I'm asking is that it sure seems like the State Department was closing the Tel Aviv embassy more to assuage Arab honor than out of any real security concerns. If Al Qaeda was going to bomb a target in Israel, I don't think the embassy would be their top priority.

And if the State Department is making decisions for its Israel staff just to avoid embarrassing its hosts in Jordan and Egypt, isn't that news?