US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro spoke with Kol Chai Radio host Mordechai Lavi and Wednesday morning, 17 Shevat. He was asked to comment on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s scathing attack on Israel and the UN leader’s placing the blame for ongoing Palestinian terror on Israel, the result of the “Israeli occupation”.
Shapiro explained “I prefer to address the US position on terrorism and permit me to make it clear, we are opposed to all terror attacks”. He went on to condemn recent Palestinian acts of terror including in Otniel and Tekoa, explaining while there may be difference of hashkafa at times, the United States condemns the terrorist acts which are the fault of those who carry out these attacks. The ambassador was speaking in Hebrew.
The ambassador recently came under fire for his ill-timed remarks in which he expressed criticism of Israeli policies in Yehuda and Shomron.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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There goes the blind Monkey Ban once again, totally oblivious of the real world. The attacks around the world are all because Israeli occupation! ISIS, the Syriangenocide and civil war – all Israeli occupation! Mrs. Ban burnt his soup last night, also Israel’s fault! Why isn’t he also blaming Bush as did oBamba? The recent stock market slide is also their fault! And the US sold the world the Iran deal as retribution to Israel for existing! How dare he!??
Since when is teror a legitimate way to vent frustration? Sounds like Mayor David Dinkens is his advisor! Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
“while there may be difference of hashkafa at times, the United States condemns the terrorist acts which are the fault of those who carry out these attacks”
What’s all this mumbo-jumbo semantics nonsense? He sounds like that old war hero, the great John Kerry. What a total sell out to his Jewish Brothers & Sisters! A useful idiot for the Obama administration.
Get lost. You’re fired.
What is the use of condeming terror when he justified it by criticizing isreali policies in judah and shomron ?