The US and Israel have been staunch allies for decades, but that doesnt mean that the two nations arent keeping an eye on each other. Der Spiegel reports that Israeli intelligence agents wiretapped US Secretary of State John Kerry the last time he tried to broker a peace deal in the Middle East, in 2013. The German paper cites reliable sources who say that some of Secretary Kerrys negotiation efforts between Israel, Palestine, and Arab states were carried out using unencrypted telephone equipment. Perhaps more surprising than news that an ally was spying on the US is that Secretary Kerry would ever be allowed to speak of official business on an unencrypted line.
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