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State Dept. Blames Israel for Terrorism, Claims Palestinians Rarely Incite Attacks
2017-07-21
[Free Beacon] The State Department is facing harsh criticism for claiming in an official report that Israel is to blame for terrorism attacks committed by Palestinians and accusing the Jewish state of being largely responsible for an impasse in peace negotiations, according to a leading member of Congress who is calling on the State Department to correct its "inaccurate and harmful" characterization of Israel.

The State Department, in its latest annual report on the global terrorism situation, blames Israeli security policies for stalling the peace process and claims that Palestinians rarely incite terror attacks.

The claims are coming under fierce criticism from pro-Israel advocates and have prompted one leading member of Congress to formally call on the Trump administration to amend the report to more accurately reflect the situation.

Rep. Peter Roskam (R. Ill.), co-chair of the House Republican Israel Caucus, criticized the latest report in a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and called on the administration to immediately amend it to portray Palestinian terror attacks as a primary reason for the impasse in peace talks.

The State Department's current characterization, Roskam claims, is harmful to Israel and likely to impede efforts by the Trump administration to renew peace talks.
Posted by:Besoeker

#9  Didn't we have an article here about all the empty offices at State that won't be refilled? There will be names attached to the writing of this thing, and then there will be decisions made by the parties involved, after which there will be more empty offices, making each iteration easier,
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-07-21 19:43  

#8  You cluster them all in one building so you can lock the doors then burn it Gorb.

Could one get arrested for that? A friend wants to know, of course.
Posted by: gorb   2017-07-21 15:38  

#7  Tillerson needs to go faster and deeper with the downsizing.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-07-21 12:02  

#6  You cluster them all in one building so you can lock the doors then burn it Gorb.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-07-21 11:14  

#5  IMO President Trump's most important job is to drain the swamp. And he needs to focus on State and DOJ.
Posted by: jpal   2017-07-21 09:29  

#4  Where on Earth do you go to find these kinds of morons? Where did they find that many of them, and why would they want to concentrate them all in one place and give them power of life and death and hellish disruption over the lives of Americans and other people who need and deserve their help?
Posted by: gorb   2017-07-21 09:02  

#3  Hand it to State -- they stay loyal to their Arab masters.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2017-07-21 07:33  

#2  At least State is undergoing restructuring and rightsizing under the leadership of T-Rex. At last they are feeling the pain that they deliberately and with malice inflicted on America for decades.
Posted by: Phusomble Ebbereting1774   2017-07-21 06:25  

#1  State dep never changes.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-07-21 04:17  

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