If this is true, it's a very interesting development. i searched around and
> could not find any other reference to it, which struck me as odd.
>
The single best article on it I've seen was the Haaretz report cited by Mondoweiss:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.578127
Unfortunately, it's paywalled, and I didn't think to save the text the first time I read it.
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."