1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="CUYO73VUCR"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/stoessel-going-to-israel-to-try-to-reduce-tensions-in-the-mideast">Stoessel Going to Israel to Try to Reduce Tensions in the Mideast</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/stoessel-going-to-israel-to-try-to-reduce-tensions-in-the-mideast/embed#?secret=CUYO73VUCR" width="600" height="338" title="“Stoessel Going to Israel to Try to Reduce Tensions in the Mideast” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="CUYO73VUCR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Declaring that “the situation remains tense in the Middle East, ” the White House announced today that Deputy Secretary of State Walter Stoessel is being sent to Israel to confer with Premier Menachem Begin over concerns here that an Israeli strike into Lebanon may be imminent. Deputy Press Secretary Larry Speakes said this morning that […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315