No, an American Diplomat Didn’t Encourage Israel to Annex the West Bank
A recent statement from Ambassador Friedman is in keeping with decades of U.S. policy.
June 13, 2019
No, an American Diplomat Didn’t Encourage Israel to Annex the West Bank
A recent statement from Ambassador Friedman is in keeping with decades of U.S. policy.
Last weekend, news spread that David Friedman, the U.S. ambassador to Jerusalem, had given a green light to the Netanyahu government to annex parts of the West Bank. In the interview cited by these news stories, however, what Friedman actually said was this: “Under certain circumstances, I think Israel has the right to retain some, but unlikely all, of the West Bank.” Jonathan Tobin explains why such a statement, despite the hysteria it engendered, should be entirely uncontroversial:
June 13, 2019
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