The friction escalated in recent days after Mr. Cobb was overheard by a reporter for The New York Times discussing the dispute during a lunchtime conversation at a popular Washington steakhouse.
The family friction escalated.
Netanyahu has vacillated between trying to please rightwing hardliners and opposing them as the frictions have escalated dangerously.
As time goes on and both chil dren become increasingly verbal and concerned with their own in terests, the level of noise and bick ering, of teasing and friction in evitably escalates.
Last week, the Times reported on escalating friction over jurisdiction between Panetta and Dennis Blair, the National Intelligence director.
The sudden firing stunned city politicians and residents, despite weeks of escalating friction between the superintendent, Andre J. Hornsby, and Mayor John Spencer.
"We need to refrain from escalating friction with the U.S. and exaggerating the atmosphere of strategic confrontation," the usually strident newspaper Global Times said on Monday.
Harassment is complex; nobody wakes up in the morning saying 'I'm going to be an asshole today.' They believe they are the hero of their story, they're going in with strong beliefs, and when these communities brush up against each other, there's friction that can escalate to harassment".
Competing water claims in the Middle East, and escalating friction between India and Pakistan over water diversions, are particularly worrying in this regard.
At the time, the visit was billed as a potential move to de-escalate the friction between the two sides.
But global trade would continue to face challenges as the U.S.-China trade frictions "have been escalating and other unstable factors still exist caused by a number of economic uncertainties worldwide," he said.
