The State Department claimed on several occasions that the US “is engaged in this conflict [with Iran] at the request of and in the collective self-defense of its Israeli ally, as well as in the exercise of the United States’ own inherent right of self-defense” – but it was a preemptive war of choice, not self-defense.
JFK tried to stop Israel’s acquisition of nuclear weapons. Will the US finally acknowledge that Israel has nukes? State Dept refuses to answer direct question from Sam Husseini.
Virtually all of Obama’s advisers had wanted him to order cruise missiles into Syria… Paul Wolfowitz, Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ari Fleischer, David Gergen, Sen. Bob Menendez, wanted the US to attack Syria…
From targeting humanitarian vehicles to standing by as mobs attack trucks, Israel is blocking aid from reaching Gaza.
The secretary of state told Congress that Israel had adequately punished a soldier who got community service for killing an unarmed Palestinian. Government officials call it a “mockery” and inconsistent with the law.
A special State Department panel told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. should restrict arms sales to Israeli military units that have been credibly accused of human rights abuses. He has not taken any action.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently declared, “we will no longer recognize Israeli settlements as per se inconsistent with international law.” Few Americans agree.