(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Newspapers around the world ran reports Monday quoting Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren, as saying there was a "tectonic rift" in U.S.-Israeli ties. Oren denied ever having said anything of the kind, telling the Jerusalem Post: "There are tectonic shifts - not rifts - in America's foreign and domestic policies, reflecting President Obama's commitment to changing the status quo, and these are posing new challenges for Israel. There is no rift in Israel's relations with the Obama administration, and no crisis." A few days earlier, at a briefing with the Jerusalem Post editorial board, Oren painted a much brighter picture of relations with the U.S., saying that the Obama administration was "as good if not better" on Israel than "many previous administrations." "We have had disagreements with other administrations in the past, and the litmus with the relationship is not whether there are disagreements, but how you approach the disagreements."
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