Al-Madinah News:- The “Axios” website quoted officials that the White House and the American Foreign Ministry informed the Israeli government that they were not behind the FBI decision to open an investigation into the killing of journalist Sherine Abu Aqla.
According to Axius, quoting Israeli and American officials, the FBI decision was taken to open an investigation before the November 1 elections in Israel, but the Ministry of Justice officially informed the Israeli government after three days of the elections, and as soon as they were notified, Israeli officials asked Senior American ambassador to Israel Tom Nedis has obtained more information, who said he knew nothing about the investigation and that he would be achieved from him.
Israeli officials told the site that “the Israeli national security adviser, Eyal Houlata, the American Ambassador to the United States, Mike Herzog, and Elon Oshbies, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, contacted their counterparts in the administration of US President Joe Biden and demanded an interpretation.
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A senior Israeli official told the site: “We talked to every Biden administration official we are working with and explained how anger is,” a senior Israeli official told the site.
Israeli officials also indicated that “the Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz made a difficult call with a very large American official earlier this month and explained that Israel would not cooperate in any way with the FBI investigation.
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Israeli officials pointed out that they urged the Biden administration to “reform the situation” before the investigation was leaked to the press, warning that once the news was published, the situation will turn into a bilateral crisis, according to “Axius”.
According to US and Israeli officials, the White House and the US State Department explained to the Israeli government that they were not part of the decision -making process in the Ministry of Justice regarding the investigation.
He also explained that opening the investigation was an independent decision by the US Department of Justice and was not driven by a political decision, according to officials.
Source: “Axius”.
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