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U.S. SPOKESPERSON DODGES QUESTION ON ISRAEL’S MAP
During a press briefing on 3 September, US State Department spokesperson Mathew Miller dodged a reporter’s question about the erasure of the Occupied West Bank on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s map during his televised presentation on 2 September, when he showed a plan for the future of Gaza. Miller instead said the US supports a two-state solution to the 76-year Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Palestinians and their allies view Netanyahu’s presentation as Israel’s declaration that it has annexed the West Bank. The fact the US is mute on this point is being taken as a form of tacit approval.
Israel is the United States’ biggest foreign-aid recipient. US support for Tel Aviv’s destruction of Gaza isn’t a secret, either, as the US has deployed arms, military intelligence and troops in Gaza.
During a press briefing on 3 September, US State Department spokesperson Mathew Miller dodged a reporter’s question about the erasure of the Occupied West Bank on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s map during his televised presentation on 2 September, when he showed a plan for the future of Gaza. Miller instead said the US supports a two-state solution to the 76-year Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Palestinians and their allies view Netanyahu’s presentation as Israel’s declaration that it has annexed the West Bank. The fact the US is mute on this point is being taken as a form of tacit approval.
Israel is the United States’ biggest foreign-aid recipient. US support for Tel Aviv’s destruction of Gaza isn’t a secret, either, as the US has deployed arms, military intelligence and troops in Gaza.
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Continued……So, it’s no surprise Miller dodged questions that, if answered, could implicate Israel as well as the US in the destruction of Gaza and casualties ranging from more than 40,000, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, to as much as 186,000 as of early July, according to a Lancet medical-journal report.
In July, the International Court of Justice ruled the Israeli occupation unlawful, ordered the evacuation of settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, called for reparations to Palestinians, and said states are not obligated to not recognise the occupation.
Video: @statedept
In July, the International Court of Justice ruled the Israeli occupation unlawful, ordered the evacuation of settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, called for reparations to Palestinians, and said states are not obligated to not recognise the occupation.
Video: @statedept
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The 32nd U.S President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, famously said: ‘Judge me by the enemies I have made.’
We are not fans of Roosevelt, or any U.S president for that matter, but it is a good quote and one we couldn’t agree with more.
We are not fans of Roosevelt, or any U.S president for that matter, but it is a good quote and one we couldn’t agree with more.
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Continued….. So, when U.S-state funded Voice of America (VOA) wrote a smear piece attacking African Stream noscriptd: “African Stream distorts U.S. military’s mission in Somalia” we took it as a great compliment that our work is touching the right buttons and getting the attention of media outlets who receive funding from the world’s greatest super power. Voice of America might as well be called Voice of the U.S government as it is funded by Global Media (USAGM), which gets its funding directly from the US Congress. It was also founded directly by former US President, Gerald Ford.
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Continued…. Their piece had an issue with our claim that: “It is now a bipartisan tradition for each new US president, whether Republican or Democrat, to rain drone bombs down on the East African country in which millions of civilians are simply struggling to survive,” claiming “that is false.” In typical fashion, they never explained what was false about what we said and nowhere in the VOA article do they deny the last four US presidents - namely, George W. Bush (Republican), Barack Hussein Obama (Democrat), Donald J. Trump (Republican), and Joe Biden (Democrat) - oversaw the continued and sustained drone bombing of Somalia.
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We were not given a chance to respond to their accusation that we were “distorting the role of the U.S military in Somalia.” So, in the spirit of transparency we’re laying everything out here: the real facts about Washington’s role in Somalia’s unending insecurity crisis, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) and some hard truths about the so-called ‘war on terror’ in Africa. Swipe through and let us know your thoughts.
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