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Pompeo announces reversal of longstanding US policy on Israeli settlements
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced a major reversal of the US' longstanding policy on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, rejecting a 1978 State Department legal opinion that deemed the settlements "inconsistent with international law."
The announcement, which breaks with international law and consensus, is the latest in a string of hardline, pro-Israeli moves that are likely to inflame tensions between the Trump administration and Palestinians and widen the divide between the Trump administration and traditional US allies in Europe.
"After carefully studying all sides of the legal debate, this administration agrees with President Reagan: the establishment of Israeli civilian settlements in the West Bank is not, per se, inconsistent with international law," Pompeo said, citing President Ronald Reagan's 1981 assessment that the settlements were not "inherently illegal."
Pompeo said the US government is "expressing no view on the legal status of any individual settlement" or "addressing or prejudging the ultimate status of the West Bank."
Trump has been a tool of Israel. But this move might not be good for Israel's long-term future.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday November 18 2019, @10:06PM (3 children)
Since when did we generally talk about the US government like that? I mean, how about saying, something more along the lines of "likely to inflame tensions between the USA and Palestinians"?
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Monday November 18 2019, @10:41PM
Since always, when referring to the Executive branch.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by khallow on Tuesday November 19 2019, @12:15AM (1 child)
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 19 2019, @12:42AM
I'm sure it wasn't a slip, Freudian or otherwise.
Rather it's phrasing one might expect when talking about criminal scumbag.
That piece of shit certainly doesn't represent me.
(Score: 2, Informative) by fustakrakich on Monday November 18 2019, @11:20PM (3 children)
About the new EU labeling rules [kill Java] [haaretz.com]. Make sure it doesn't happen here
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 18 2019, @11:41PM (1 child)
Offtopic?
Moderator is a moron. It is the topic!
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Tuesday November 19 2019, @12:22AM
Agreed. It's probably a prearranged response in case the EU made that decision and is part of the topic.
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 19 2019, @10:32AM
If they are not going to label the illegal stuff then the obvious course is to boycott all Israeli products.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Mojibake Tengu on Tuesday November 19 2019, @12:31PM (2 children)
All the background related to this level of global politics is pure Mysticism of Greed.
Trump is a tool of Chabad[1]. That's why he is hated so much by Zionists and Christian Zionists.
You may notice, and wiki page referenced mentions it too, Putin is also a tool of Chabad. Both Putin and Trump independently have sworn to protect Israel in formal ritual.
That's basically why Zionist rage all the time about Trump working for Putin theme. Zionists cannot attack Chabad directly, that would break rules.
The strange logic in said mystical paradigm is this one:
Zionists want to destroy Israel, as soon as possible, for the purpose to sacrifice Israel to fire of Moloch[2], their original god, to fulfill the Prophecy and grab all the planet for themselves. That grab is granted by Prophecy. The most valued top level sacrifice to Moloch is the sacrifice of the most precious son by the king. (Does it remind you to something?) So they want Israel in conflicts and war at all cost. Their provocations are only instrumental to that.
Chabad instead oppose that idea, because the proper time has not come yet and they want to protect Israel from that planned destruction. They want peace, to establish a soft rule over the globe first, by trade and money, subjugating and assimilating other nations kindly before the Prophecy be invoked without another brutal historic sacrifice.
But, the naive ancient paradigm of Monotheists/West completely ignores the East, as spiritually independent cultural paradigm.
My bet is on Azure Dragon[3], winning the war for this planet.
Azure Dragon is the formal protector of China, but his seat of power is in sovereign temple in Japan[4].
I am looking forward to 2020 Olympic Games rituals[6] (Wagakki band already approved to perform), that's how Globalists implement their own rites openly in public, unsuspecting to commoners but obvious to initiates. Before that happens, said Israel's long-term future is still unfixed. Trump will stay under heavy pressure by Zionist, making compromises, but at end he will obey Chabad for sure.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabad [wikipedia.org]
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch [wikipedia.org]
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_Dragon [wikipedia.org]
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyomizu-dera [wikipedia.org]
[6] Akatsuki no Ito, by Wagakki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcucbhJ-Orc [youtube.com]
The edge of 太玄 cannot be defined, for it is beyond every aspect of design
(Score: 2) by Arik on Tuesday November 19 2019, @04:14PM
Well I suppose that's one of the less horrifying possible explanations.
"Zionists want to destroy Israel, as soon as possible, for the purpose to sacrifice Israel to fire of Moloch[2], their original god, to fulfill the Prophecy and grab all the planet for themselves"
You must have meant "Christian Zionists."
"But, the naive ancient paradigm of Monotheists/West completely ignores the East, as spiritually independent cultural paradigm."
Not quite so independent. Buddhism made it far enough west to influence the western monotheist root, and did so very early. Some of the earliest surviving Christian communities are in India. Many Jews made it all the way to China, and as they were influenced by China they gave back as well. Until Mao, at least.
So while the paradigms are separate enough to be labeled as such, they're not truly independent of each other.
"Azure Dragon is the formal protector of China, but his seat of power is in sovereign temple in Japan[4]."
In the western tradition one of his names is "Raphael Ruachel."
As China's strategy is to "defend the centre" and their economic centre is their east coast, he would be an appropriate choice.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Tuesday November 19 2019, @07:20PM
Oh man this crazy shit can make an awesome Cultist Simulator [steampowered.com] mod.
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(Score: 2) by Arik on Tuesday November 19 2019, @03:54PM
No, he's been a tool of Netanyahu and Likud specifically, not of Israel. Equating the current regime with the nation itself is dangerously wrong in regards to any regime and any nation.
"But this move might not be good for Israel's long-term future."
What, you think there could be a downside to continuously and obsequiously supporting and propping up a corrupt right-wing regime for decades?
Surely not.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Tuesday November 19 2019, @05:04PM
https://archive.is/VjHDh [archive.is]
You will also notice how this causes total confusion in the United Nations, as it makes a double standard for invasion of territory, and makes an exception for a specific country.
And the other goal required for zionist expansion, the consensus between the united states and europe that israel cannot expand, is now broken by this.
So the United States is forcing the E.U. to work for the human rights for palestinians and hong kong at the same time, which is a global disaster for (professed) American values (including mine) and trust. Not like that soft power is able to do anything to stop outright 3rd-reich level tyranny in bolivia, chile, and brazil. Or Turkey.
And we also learn through all of this where Israel really stands, for only themselves, and the human rights of everyone else(excepting immigrants into the u.s. and e.u., and epstein/weinstein of course), can rot.
Meanwhile the advent of spy tech and a huge mass of poor people with foreign allegiances turns europe into a pararmilitary playgraound, which I have had to report to the police, and prosecution is underway. But it is a drop in the bucket.
I would not harp on this so much if it were not at the root of the dissolution of western civilization, which is essentially western civilization is always defending itself against what I call '1001 arabian nights', a society ruled like saudi arabia, or israel, or byzantium, or kabul.
And in this regard, Trump is our chance to either reject it, or it will take over for good this time. But after trump anyone who still thinks the american alliance with israel is beneficial to the united states or that israel shares american values, will be the real chump.
Like these guys, getting thrown under the bus today to misdirect from stephen miller's manipulative work directing the agenda of white supremacists.
https://archive.is/XVLwv [archive.is]