[Ynet News] Ron Ben-Yishai - The new espionage affair, the "Kadish Affair," will apparently not cause grave damage to the U.S.-Israel relationship over time - not only because it took place and ended over a generation ago, but mostly because it is in fact an extension of the Pollard Affair, over which Israel had already apologized officially and openly, and which had been beaten to death by the U.S. media. In its wake, the Israeli government terminated the operations of its "Bureau of Scientific Relations" and dismantled the organization. More significantly, the government issued a sweeping and unequivocal order to all government ministries and intelligence bodies, banning any intelligence activity in the U.S. Even if Ben-Ami Kadish himself confesses to the charges, Israel would be able to argue that it already did everything in its power to fix what needed fixing in order to prevent similar cases in the future.
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