The phrase "a rift over" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a disagreement or conflict regarding a specific issue or topic.
Example: "The two countries experienced a rift over trade policies that affected their economic relations."
Alternatives: "a divide regarding" or "a conflict over".
Jürgen Stark, another central bank board member, resigned in September in a rift over policy.
Beyond the bruised feelings over lack of consultation, some officials insist there is actually less of a rift over substance.
A case in point is a rift over a study on agricultural bioterrorism prepared by the National Research Council.
The two countries also settled a rift over the Mont Blanc tunnel by agreeing that it would reopen in September.
The debate has exposed a rift over the main premise behind nearly two decades of intermittent war in Chechnya and the rest of the North Caucasus.
But that is the danger unless Japan and America settle a rift over moving an American base on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said pushing through the quota system had "nonsensically" caused a deep rift over a highly sensitive issue and that, "as long as I am prime minister," Slovakia would not implement a quota.
John Wren, Omnicom chief executive, reacted angrily to a report in the Wall Street Journal which cast doubts on the company's accounting for acquisitions and hinted at a boardroom rift over an entity set up to house its internet interests.
Mr. Netanyahu also publicly thanked President Obama for his warnings to Iran, in effect signaling his desire to smooth over a rift between the two over how to deter what both men have called Iran's nuclear threat.
In a sign of a coalition rift over the issue, the deputy prime minister called on politicians to use language with care in sensitive cases as he said that Osborne was putting his "own gloss" on the case of Mick Philpott.
This week one of the Democrats' coalition partners, the Social Action Party (SAP), was in danger of tearing itself apart in a rift (mainly over cabinet seats).
