article_snippet: Jerusalem (CNN)Israel did not spy on closed-door talks over Iran's nuclear program involving the United States and other world powers, an Israeli official said Tuesday, denying a Wall Street Journal report.
article_snippet: an Israeli official reported late Monday on an Israeli official website that Israel had obtained confidential information about the negotiations to help Israel argue against a potential deal.
article_snippet: These allegations are utterly false," an Israeli official told CNN.
article_snippet: Israel Israel does not conduct espionage against the United States or Israel's other allies.
article_snippet: The Israeli government's use of the information The Israeli government allegedly gleaned -- sharing The Israeli government with U.S. lawmakers and others to undercut support for a deal -- was what really angered the White House, Wall Street Journal reported late Monday, citing current and former U.S. officials.
article_snippet: It is one thing for the U.S. and Israel to spy on each other.
article_snippet: It is another thing for Israel to steal U.S. secrets and play U.S. secrets back to U.S. legislators to undermine U.S. diplomacy," a senior U.S. official briefed on the matter said, according to the newspaper.
article_snippet: The Israeli espionage efforts included eavesdropping and also acquiring information from confidential U.S. briefings, informants and diplomatic contacts in Europe, the report says.
article_snippet: Israeli told CNN that "the false allegations are clearly intended to undermine the strong ties between the United States and Israel and the security and intelligence relationship we share.
article_snippet: But a spokesman for the Israeli embassy in Washington, Aaron Sagui, told Wall Street Journal that "Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer never shared confidential intelligence information with members of Congress.
highlights_snippet: Israel used information Israel obtained to try to undercut support for a deal .
  
highlights_snippet: These allegations are utterly false," an Israeli official says of the spying claim .