Posted on 10/09/2021 11:44:02 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
The State Department has walked back comments made last week that the Biden administration is engaged in strategic talks related to “Palestine.”
The State Department’s spokeswoman, Jalina Porter, to whom the report referred to as “controversy-prone,” mentioned at a press briefing last week that officials were engaged in talks with Palestinian officials “surrounding Palestine” – a nonexistent state.
“Any time that we engage on issues of, surrounding Palestine they are strategic,” she said.
The report noted:
Porter’s reference to “Palestine” would represent a monumental shift in decades of U.S. policy regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The State Department’s longstanding policy, upheld across multiple administrations, is that “Palestine” refers to the conditions on the ground prior to Israel’s creation in 1948, and that any new nation called “Palestine” will have to be forged in direct negotiations between Israel and its Palestinian neighbors.
“There is no change to our policy,” said a State Department spokesman. “We believe that a negotiated two-state solution is the best way to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ”
According to the report, Porter’s frequent blunders are causing consternation in the administration.
“She often goes off script from established policy and agreed upon talking points, causing gaffes that confuse allies and journalists alike. Career State Department staff have grown increasingly frustrated, as we are often the ones having to clean up after her verbal messes.”
In May, Porter criticized Israel as tensions rose with the Palestinians during an 11 day conflict with Gaza. The State Department later walked back those comments.
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Another graduate of Fatah Un.
It was made with a hateful poisonous purpose. No mistake.
She said the quiet part out loud, oops.
Actually I believe Peppermint Patty (Psaki) is an extremely skilled propagandist. She goes out there and lies and dissembles like a well seasoned pro. It’s and incredibly difficult job covering for the destruction of the U.S.A.
How can the U.S. give away the land of another sovereign country?
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