Senior Israeli officials were quoted Sunday as accusing the Obama administration of ignoring the warning signs that led up to the current round of violence and fanaticism in the Arab world. A report in Ha'aretz quoted senior Israeli foreign diplomats as saying that the U.S. had “buried its head in the sand,” ignoring Israeli warnings about the kind of developments that are now taking place in the Arab world.

The report said that that the Foreign Ministry for many months warned the U.S. that there were “negative trends” in the Arab world, but that American officials ignored their warnings.