A top aide to outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused President Clinton on Tuesday of having used false pretenses in his impending decision to postpone the transfer of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The proposed move is “particularly regrettable.” said David Bar- Illan, who added, “No American security interests seem to be involved.”
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