[Esther Ruth]

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Eshel pointed out that Jones is involved in cutting business deals with the Gulf States, a major conflict of interest.

“But what else can you expect from the State Department?” he said.

“It verges on pure anti-Semitism, to appoint such a man to decide whether an act of terror has been committed with the blessing of the Palestinian Authority or not.

“The very fact that another country nominates an individual – and G-d forbid Israel would accept it – to judge whether an act of terror is sufficiently defined as a real act of terror or a negligible breach of the commitment of the PA [to end the violence] – that very fact is so mind-boggling that I cannot see any other definition,” he added.

[faloi]

I remember during the Kerry debates, when people were up in arms about giving the appearance of allowing the UN to control our military. It's ridiculous to expect Israel to, essentially, handcuff their military and wait for our approval.

They are our allies, and have followed our requests to stay their hand in the past, but that was less like us controlling them and more like them accepting the counsel of an ally.