Posted on 02/11/2016 5:54:55 PM PST by Nachum
WASHINGTON — The White House announced Thursday that President Barack Obama will sign a trade bill despite it containing a provision that lumps together Israel and “Israeli-controlled territories.â€
Such language, meaning that the bill is applicable to Israel and the settlements, “contravenes longstanding U.S. policy towards Israel and the occupied territories, including with regard to Israeli settlement activity,†White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement, hours after the measure was approved in the Senate by a vote of 75-20.
Nonetheless, while the president objects to that particular facet of the legislation, Earnest suggested his accepting it, and signing the bill, was part of the nature of bipartisan compromise. “As with any bipartisan compromise legislation, there are provisions in this bill that we do not support,†Earnest said.
The legislation, The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, is part of a package that was presented to the US Congress last summer. It is designed to strengthen enforcement rules, address curren
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I guess our Muslim president will just have to suck it up.
O can’t resist making an even bigger fool of himself (and further embarrassing USA) anytime he can create any anti-Jew slur or insult — opportunities to promote anti-semitism and try to hurt the Jews — he seizes every possible occasion — or makes them
Pray for America. We have less than a year to survive all this garbage
75-20? That “esplains” it. Not worth trying to veto.
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Painful. I predict he won't enforce that provision, he's already instructed State to require separate identification for these products.
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