How Israelis will respond to the Trump leak.
On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that Israel was the country whose security secrets President Trump revealed to Russian diplomats in the Oval Office. This only added to the controversy surrounding the meeting, whoch the White House has tried desperately and futilely to tamp down. ISAAC CHOTINERIsaac Chotiner is a Slate staff writer.To discuss what it all means for American-Israeli relationsTrump is scheduled to visit Israel next weekI spoke by phone with Ronen Bergman, the senior correspondent for military and intelligence affairs at the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth and a contributing writer for the New York Times. He reported in January that U.S. officials had warned their Israeli counterparts against sharing intelligence with Trump, fearing that it could end up in Russias hands. During the course of our conversation, whoch has been edited and condensed for clarity, we discussed why intelligence leaks scare Israel so much, how Prime Minister Netanyahu will respond, and whether the Israeli right wing is souring on President Trump.
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