“No American president can stand
up to Israel.”
As
Adm. Tom Moorer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Said,
in
response to the Israeli attack on the USS liberty:
“No
American president can stand up to Israel.”
Apparently,
no Secretary of State can either.
Tillerson Caves, Appoints Anti-Semitism Envoy -
Monitor Criticism of Israel
By Alison Weir
August 31, 2017 "Information Clearing House"
- After continuing pressure, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has announced
that he will name a special envoy and maintain an office to monitor alleged
anti-Semitism.
All three previous anti-semitism envoys have been
fervent Israel partisans, two of them working for AIPAC. The first envoy
endorsed a new definition of the word “anti-Semitism” to include criticism of
Israel; the second adopted the new, Israel-centric definition; and the third
helped to disseminate the definition world-wide.
This was part of an international campaign to expand the definition of anti-Semitism and
embed this in governments and law enforcement agencies, potentially
criminalizing support for Palestinian rights.
When it appeared in June that Trump might eliminate
the office in a cost-cutting measure, he and Tillerson came under immediate
attack by Jewish organizations and
some others,
including the Southern Poverty Law Center.
According to a letter from
Tillerson to the Senate released yesterday, a number of similar special envoys
and ambassadorships will be maintained, including the Special Envoy for
Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations (currently filled by Frank
Lowenstein), the Special Envoy as well as the Special Advisor for Holocaust
Issues (which, among other things, works with Israel and supports the
anti-Semitism envoy; currently the Special Advisor is Stuart
E. Eizenstat), and the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious
Freedom; Kansas Governor Sam
Brownback, a strong supporter of Israel despite its record of religious
discrimination, has been nominated for the position.
Dozens of other special envoy positions are being
eliminated or combined, including ones concerned with Tibet, disabilities
rights, global food security, cyber issues, global youth issues, conflict
diamonds, the closing of Guantanamo, and a number that focus on the
environment.
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