Israeli Defense Ministry head urges Israelis to understand U.S. perspective amid MOU negotiations

Israeli Defense Ministry head urges Israelis to understand U.S. perspective amid MOU negotiations

The director general of Israel’s Ministry of Defense, Maj. Gen. (res.) Amir Baram, urged Israelis on Wednesday to understand Washington’s perspective as the U.S. and Israel negotiate the next memorandum of understanding, cautioning against judging American policy through a purely provincial lens. “What some in Israel perceive as weakness or folly, an apparent disregard for every warning sign on the ground, is viewed in Washington as cold, calcul…