US-Israel relationship ‘as bad as ever,’ Rumsfeld says

‘Former US secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld has sharply criticized the Obama administration for damaging Washington’s relations with Tel Aviv, saying the relationship is as bad as ever.

“The relationship between the United States and Israel today is probably as bad as ever in my adult lifetime,” he said during an interview with Newsmax on Thursday.

He added that “the conscious decision by this administration” to create a difficult, strained, and tense relationship between the US government and Israel is “a big mistake.”’

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