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Officials in the Trump administration's State Department are standing by a recent report criticized by Congress that blamed Israel for terror attacks and claimed Palestinians rarely incite violence, telling the Washington Free Beacon that it remains unclear why terrorists engage in violent acts.

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Unbelievable! Whole thing started with a Palestinian gunman while leaving mosque opened fire on Israeli Druze killing 3; Israel put in metal detectors like are installed in many religious sites all over the world. Palestinians urged to riot...

Yet this is what is coming out of State Dept. as official report???

1 posted on 07/22/2017 9:35:51 AM PDT by Freedom56v2
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It’s the State Dept, but I wouldn’t call it Trump’s.


2 posted on 07/22/2017 9:37:35 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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This swamp needs to be drained


3 posted on 07/22/2017 9:37:41 AM PDT by null and void (This is how socialists work: Erase the past, Bankrupt the present, Steal from the future.)
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Fire them. Fire them ALL.


4 posted on 07/22/2017 9:39:00 AM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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I wonder if that is true that Rex Tillerson wants to keep the Obama holdovers. Trump needs to have a talk with him.


7 posted on 07/22/2017 9:43:12 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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The State Department is brimming with LIBERAL fools that have no other life experience.


9 posted on 07/22/2017 9:43:42 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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State and a lot of other departments are Council on Foreign Relations/Goldman-Sachs fiefdoms. I don’t know that Trump gets any formal foreign policy advice from outside that circle.

Here’s the actual report:

https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/272488.pdf


11 posted on 07/22/2017 9:46:39 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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DRAIN THE SWAMP!


13 posted on 07/22/2017 9:48:36 AM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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Later in the article:

Sources pointed to the administration going into damage control mode last week after State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert stated during a press briefing that the U.S. was “upgrading” its diplomatic standing with the Palestinians, a declaration that came as a surprise to those in the White House.

The report singling out Israel is another clear example of the State Department pursuing policies that are well out of line with the White House’s stated agenda, which the sources said has been pro-Israel. One source who advises the White House Middle East policy described the State Department’s explanation to the Free Beacon as “spectacular bull—t.”


14 posted on 07/22/2017 9:49:03 AM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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The State Department's response prompted a fierce backlash among U.S. officials and Trump administration insiders, who said the State Department under the leadership of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has gone rogue and is out of line with the White House's position on a range of sensitive diplomatic issues, including the Israeli-Palestinian impasse.

That might be the explanation. Early reports were that Tillerson has removed many holdovers and was cleaning house much faster than other Trump cabinet members. And there have been reports from the start that Tillerson, as well as several other key officials in the Trump administration, was not in line with the issues Trump ran on.

18 posted on 07/22/2017 9:55:09 AM PDT by Will88
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No swamp drained there. Obama puppets still working everywhere in the Executive Branch.


19 posted on 07/22/2017 9:55:20 AM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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The Swamp is Hugh!

We Need a Bigger Boat!


20 posted on 07/22/2017 9:57:59 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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You remember the kids who were popular and political in high school and college, but were so dumb that the operation of a wedge was beyond them?

Yup, those who couldn’t write or look good in front of a camera went to the State Department right after throwing their parent’s money into the sewer going to an ivy league school.


22 posted on 07/22/2017 10:00:05 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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"State Dept Unsure Why Palestinian Terrorists Kill Israelis"

Now that's a tough one - better call in a professional.


23 posted on 07/22/2017 10:00:39 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (We were Trumpin' before Trumpin' was cool.....)
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When it comes to the State Department, up to a point you may be able to fix bias and corruption but when it comes to ignorance and being outright dumb an old adage come to mind “You just can’t fix stupid”


24 posted on 07/22/2017 10:13:27 AM PDT by saintgermaine (saintgermaine the time traveller)
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When will president Trump get around to finally Draining the damned Nazis out of the Snake Department swamp?!!!!!?? Please Mr trump. This is a very high priority. Please!


27 posted on 07/22/2017 10:30:32 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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Ingrained stupidity award winner.


28 posted on 07/22/2017 10:33:06 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Is it not too late to appoint a special counsel to investigate Hillary's crimes?)
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Tillerson believes in modrate muslims so is it any wonder that problems in the ME are the Israelis fault?

Heather Nauert, former near brain dead FOX hostest/new reader/now near brain dead State Deptment spokes gal.

Good that came out of the shooting is Israel gained control of the 7th century tourist attraction at the Temple Mount from the Jordanian Waqf.

30 posted on 07/22/2017 10:34:54 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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and rape women and children and goats...


32 posted on 07/22/2017 10:42:02 AM PDT by Leep (Less talk more ACTiON!)
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For those who have recently become concerned with Israel and the Palestinians, they have been taught by the left media that the Palestinians have been robbed of their land and Israel is the big bad country that should give up more and more land to those poor people.

First, Palestinians have been invented .. there were no “Palestinians” who owned any land. Arafat was offered all he wanted (by bill clinton) and he refused. They don’t want any land .. they want Israel destroyed and never seen or heard from again. Israel has given those people more than they should have... Israel has such a tiny piece of land on which they live and let arabs live there also. Those who do not know Biblical history and what Israel is, believe the people and nations have been mistreated by Israel. The opposite is true.

Israel is prepared.. when obama turned on them it left no one who was on their side with any back up or understanding of the problems they have to live with every day. We have been their friend.. I hope we are once again under Trump. I believe it’s vital to our own success as a nation.


33 posted on 07/22/2017 10:45:23 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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Because they’re muslims.

What a bunch of idiots at State.


36 posted on 07/22/2017 11:05:36 AM PDT by onedoug
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