About the White House's announcement on "settlements"

, --February 3, 2017

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The administration's statement Thursday regarding Israeli communities beyond the 1949 armistice lines is the most pro-Israel, pro-Israeli human rights statement ever published by an American administration. For details read this article. More Fake News: Trump ‘Opposes’ Israeli Settlements The mainstream media are abuzz with reports that President Donald Trump has come out against Israeli settlements. The New York Times was exultant: “Trump Embraces Pillars of Obama’s Foreign Policy,” it crowed. That kind of story serves two propagandist purposes. First, it provides a kind of justification for Obama’s betrayal of Israel at the UN Security Council over settlements last month; second, it nods at the old NeverTrump claim that Trump would never keep his word to conservatives. -- More...
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Caroline Glick——

Chicago-born Caroline Glick, Center for Security Policy],  is deputy managing editor of the Jerusalem Post. A former officer in the Israel Defense Forces, she was a core member of Israel’s negotiating team with the Palestinians and later served as an assistant policy advisor to the prime minister. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, the widely-published Glick was an embedded journalist with the U.S. Army’s Third Infantry Division. She was awarded a distinguished civilian service award from the U.S. Secretary of the Army for her battlefield reporting.