Investigative journalist David Bedein ("www.israelbehindthenews.com") reports that although the Israeli government condemns Beilin's initiative, "Beilin's trip to the US has been planned in coordination with the US representatives of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Bedein writes that the spokeswoman at the Israeli consulate in San Francisco said that the consulate was helping with all of the arrangements for Beilin's itinerary in Northern California, and that the consulate had arranged for Beilin to give a major solo address to the Jewish community this coming November 8th at a local temple.



"Anyone who receives the Israeli consulate's Beilin memo," concludes Bedein, "would assume that Beilin's peace initiative was indeed endorsed by the Israeli government and that Beilin was still a part of the Israeli government."