The short version is that Israel cracked down on 6 anti-Israel groups with ties to the PFLP terrorist group. The Biden administration and its media condemned the move and complained that Israel had not informed it beforehand. Israel however says that it did.
The Foreign Ministry insists it informed the US prior to designating six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organizations last week, despite US State Department spokesman Ned Price saying otherwise.
Foreign Ministry Deputy Director-General for Strategic Affairs Joshua Zarka on Monday said he had spoken with an official in the State Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism ahead of the move.
The Biden admin is doubling down.
During a daily press briefing on Sunday, Price said: “We are currently engaging our Israeli partners for more information regarding the basis for these designations.”
“It is, to the best of our knowledge, accurate that we did not receive a specific heads-up about any forthcoming designations,” he said days after multiple Israeli government sources had said the opposite.
The wording, as usual, is a tell. When officials feel the need to insert ‘lawyerisms’, you know that they’re not being honest.
Price throws in to “the best of our knowledge” (a plausible deniability classic) and “a specific heads-up” (an admission that sounds like a denial).
What’s he actually saying? The only reason to throw in “to the best of our knowledge” is if you’re lying or unsure about what you’re saying and you want an option for weaseling out of it later without being called a liar. But then “a specific heads-up” is a virtual admission that the Biden administration had been informed of something. Otherwise why specify a “specific heads-up”?
What Price is really saying is that the Biden regime was informed, but not in the way that it wishes it had been informed. Except that instead of saying that, Price falsely accused Israel of not informing it. That’s sloppy, stupid, and typifies the way that the third term of the Obama administration is repeating the same tactics of picking a fight over a non-issue and then trying to make it look like Israel’s fault.
The obvious explanation after eight years of this is that the whole point of this game is picking fights in order to fracture the relationship with the Jewish State.
gravenimage says
Israel or Biden Admin: Who’s Telling the Truth About Terror-Linked Groups Crackdown?
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Gee, lemme think? A real head-scratcher, huh? sarc/off
More and more it seems clear that Biden is no real ally of Israel’s.
Diane Harvey says
Who’s Telling the Truth?
Never seen in the same room at the same time, Joe Biden and the Truth.
maria says
Biden has never told the truth and he will never do it
RP says
At the end of the day Israel does not have to informed beforehand to anyone.???
gravenimage says
No–if they inform the US as to the terrorist nature of these groups, it is as a courtesy and a head’s up–*not* something they as a soverign nation have to do.
Westman says
“When officials feel the need to insert ‘lawyerisms’, you know that they’re not being honest.”
Where I worked this was called, “Weasel wording”
Israel’s reasons for the terrorist designation of the 6 NGOs: “The self-proclaimed civil society organizations were used to launder funds for the PFLP’s terrorist activities, as well as recruit new members for it…”
Good enough reasons for anyone without political narratives about Israel to sell and very damaging to those narratives when two of the NGO’s names contain useful anti-Israel trigger words of, “Palestine”, “Children”, and “Women’s”.
Still unknown is whether the “lost communication” was due to internal incompetence within the Biden admin or due to protecting the narrative. I remember someone telling me that, “The flip side of Liberalism is incompetence.” Is it possible the Biden admin handed out high-level jobs on the basis of political resonance, and proven ability was a second consideration?
OLD GUY says
Who’s telling the truth? My faith in the truth from Biden is almost at ZERO. I’am not sure he even knows what he’s saying yet alone wether it’s the truth. It appears the elite wealthy and media have purchased a couple real duds and puppets to lead our country. It appears the BILLIONAIRES are ruling the world with their personal greed for more money and power, with no regard for anyone else.
Infidel says
I’m more likely to expect the truth from the Taliban than from Biden. When it’s Biden vs Israel, it’s even more of a no-brainer!
Norman Gardner Gardner says
Biden has no credibility , he says he didn`t know about the submarine deal that left France out of the picture, he said the Taliban couldn`t take over Afghanistan, he doesn`t think the 3.5 trillion dollar deal will increase inflation, He is dumber than the doorknob.
OLD GUY says
Dang you just hurt my doorknobs feelings.