On television last Sunday David Axelrod, the president’s chief policy adviser, called Israel’s announcement an “affront” and an “insult”—extraordinary language in exchanges with an ally.

奥巴马的首席政策顾问在上星期天接受电视采访时称，以色列的这一决定是对美国的“冒犯”和“侮辱”。

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"This was an affront, it was an insult but most importantly it undermined this very fragile effort to bring peace to that region, " David Axelrod, one of President Obama's closest aides, told NBC television.

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