Posted on 03/21/2017 6:26:54 PM PDT by SJackson
Israeli officials are accusing US National Security Council Middle East staffer Yael Lempert — a holdover from the Obama administration — of “straining the atmosphere” of diplomatic envoy Jason Greenblatt’s visit to Israel last week, the Hebrew news site nrg reported.
According to the report, Lempert tried unsuccessfully to prevent Greenblatt from meeting with Israeli settler leaders. Her effort, the report said, was thwarted by “counter-pressure” applied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.
Greenblatt, the report noted, had come to the region “to listen, but Lempert’s influence was on display, and not in a positive way.”
“Among other things,” the report went on to say, “Greenblatt repeated statements that were heard many times during the Obama administration — that Israel is the stronger side in the conflict and therefore is expected to first take conciliatory measures towards the Palestinian Authority. Israeli officials assessed that this argument, as well as human rights issues raised by Greenblatt, echoed similar comments made [in the past] by Lempert, who holds similar views to those of J Street.”
During his Middle East trip, Greenblatt met with Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah and Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman.
A statement released by Netanyahu’s office said the prime minister and Greenblatt “reaffirmed the joint commitment of both Israel and the United States to advance a genuine and lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians that strengthens the security of Israel and enhances stability in the region.”
Furthermore, the statement said, Netanyahu and Greenblatt “continued discussions relating to settlement construction in the hope of working out an approach that is consistent with the goal of advancing peace and security.”
Yoav Horowitz, Netanyahu’s chief of staff, is currently in Washington for further talks with Greenblatt about the settlement issue.
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Complicating things for Trump is what Obama holdovers do.
Let me say this yet again: Get rid of the Obama crowd, it ain’t hard.
Yael has spent a tremendous amount of time sucking up to Islamist in her career.
And .. please start with the Obama appointees in the DOJ.
Almost all of them voted for Hillary. Not a good sign.
Trump must do two things pretty fast: 1) Fire all Obama hold overs: 2) Stop tweeting, even those who voted for him are alarmed at the trouble this is causing him.
DRAIN THE DAMNED SWAMP AND SAVE MONEY TO BOOT!
Agree on both
Of course it isn't hard.
Overnight transfers of traitors such as this Lempert to a new diplomatic posting within Gitmo will do wonders.
This crap is going to continue so long as there are any staff of any agency whose date of hiring predates January 2017. It did in Bush’s administration and in Reagan’s. Bush just went along with it. Reagan went around it.
The Obama saboteurs should all have been fired on Day 1.
They are busy.
ALL of the Obamascum should be gone, and quickly!! No telling how many ways they are busy sabotaging the new admin.
Dear President Trump, it is high time to DRAIN THE Snake Department SWAMP! Please Please...don’t let the Obama IslamoNazis and regular old fashioned Nazis at Snake Dept keep screwing over American foreign policy and international relations, please! Drain the damned swamp!
Thank you sir.
Hopefully she was fired forthwith, though may be low enough in the pecking order to be subject to Civil Service protections
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