The memo, obtained by Breaking Defense, reverses course on four previously planned downgrades for the SDO/DATT for the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, as well as the role of the United States Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority (USSC).
Amos Gilead, a retired general officer for the IDF, told Breaking Defense, "Especially at this time, this decision is a mistake. It is a mutual American and Israeli interest to strengthen the US influence on the relations between Israel and the Palestinian authority."
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