US Denies Warning Palestinians over UN Move

The Mideast Update ^ | August 28, 2011 | Joshua Spurlock

[Tzfat]

In a statement that raises new questions, the United States Consulate in Jerusalem is denying comments from their representative in which he warned the US would veto a Palestinian statehood move at the United Nations and that financial aid would be cut by Congress if the Palestinians took that step. The denial comes after the office of key Palestinian official Saeb Erekat claimed US Consul General Daniel Rubinstein made just such a warning during a meeting last week.

While the American interest in keeping bilateral diplomacy secret and vague in public is nothing new, the denial contrasts with the general expectation that the US plans to veto a Palestinian statehood measure at the UN Security Council.

[paul51]

getting to the point you can't believe what the palis or the us diplomats say

[Slings and Arrows]

Even granted that BS is the language of diplomacy, I really wonder if the Zer0 administration’s right hand knows what its left hand is doing.

[volunbeer]

I don’t think they know from day to day what they are doing. Biden is the best proof.

[Slings and Arrows]

Biden is Zer0’s impeachment insurance.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Tzfat.

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[Tzfat]

It is an Islam thing to lie to infidel. Apparently, the US State Department has the same “high standards.”

[SJackson]

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