Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office sought to clarify a reported confrontation between Netanyahu and the army’s chief of staff during Sunday’s Cabinet meeting. Netanyahu’s office said the premier cut off a routine briefing by Lt. Gen. Amnon Shahak in order to prevent crucial details about negotiations with the Palestinians from being leaked to the media. Opposition members charged that Netanyahu had halted Shahak’s briefing in order to prevent the ministers from hearing about the dead end the negotiations have reached.
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