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US Asks Israel To Pause Mistreatment of Palestinians Until After Biden Visit

BY TYLER DURDEN

 

Apparently wary of bad “optics” during President Biden’s upcoming July visit, the U.S. State Department has asked Israel to take a break from provocative actions in Jerusalem and the West Bank until after his trip.

The request came from Barbara Leaf, U.S. assistant secretary of state for Near East affairs. It was submitted to Israeli officials that included foreign minister Yair Lapid, defense minister Benny Gantz and national security adviser Eyal Hulata. As first reported by Axios:

Leaf asked Israel to halt actions like home demolitions, evictions of Palestinians and decisions on settlement building, as well as decrease Israeli military operations in the West Bank until after Biden’s visit, the officials said.

Axios reports that Gantz, Lapid and Hulata said they would “do their best,” but that domestic political complexities would make halting such actions problematic.

 

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  1. Ventriloquist Kriket Ventriloquist Kriket June 20, 2022

    After visit to Israel to tell Khazarian Jews from Ukraine to leave Palestinians alone, and to Saudi Arabia to tell Crown Prince bin Salman to stop killing journalists, Biden should next visit England, around Bristol, to talk to Antifa about leaving natural born females who want to be females alone. But bin Biden won’t do any of it, but will float more deals by winks, nods, and bows to get more money and treasure for his own personal coffers.

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