The White House told Israel that they weren’t involved in the FBI’s decision to launch an investigation into the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel on Wednesday.
The official said that the White House’s message is intended to quell Israel’s fury over the investigation, adding that the “practical implications of the investigation will be minimal,” since the US has recognized that Abu Akleh’s shooting was unintentional.
Interim Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz both issued statements saying that Israel will not cooperate with an FBI probe into IDF soldiers.
“Our soldiers will not be investigated by the FBI or by any other foreign country or entity, however friendly it may be,” Lapid said. “We will not abandon our soldiers to foreign investigations. We have conveyed our strong protest to the United States.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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1) Who is running the rouge US government if the leaders don’t who / what’s going on?
2) This is why US citizens don’t trust the leaders of the government and has to conclude that there are bad actors in the leadership who pretend not to know but the power hungry with out rule of law conduct their own agenda thereby splintering the government.
3) Because of above and finally news getting out of that for 6 years the people are being dooped into false narratives and lies that TRUST HAS ERODED BETWEEN CITIZENS AND BANANA REPUBLIC AND WE ARE FORCED INTO WANTING CHANGE THROUGH TRUMP WHO Exposed the curropt government.
4) The real question is then will US last another 50 years?
Of course the White House was told: the POTUS was sleeping as he was being briefed. And they they asked him if he agreed and he responded Uh-Huh. Back to sleep! Keep him in office for another four years
You can thank Swamp Trump for hiring the white Chris Wray. Wray should be impeached.
“The official said that the White House’s message is intended to quell Israel’s fury over the investigation, adding that the “practical implications of the investigation will be minimal,” since the US has recognized that Abu Akleh’s shooting was unintentional.”
Someone explain. Israel conducted an unbiased investigation, and its findings were made public. Israel accepted responsibility and also proved that this was an unintentional event. The US government studied the investigation and accepted it. So the purpose of further investigation doesn’t exist.
There cannot be additional consequences, so nothing constructive can come of this.
Bottom line – the FBI has morphed into an agency that can be used for political purposes, even when it is functining outside of its mandate.
Another bottom line – Biden and the rest of the senile and/or evil occupants of the WH and administration can order this violation stopped. If they won’t, they are party to the crime.
> Not getting involved
Actually, that was in 2017 before Trump could even get his feet wet in office – it was the Senate that “hired” Wray in a 92-5 vote. And it was Trump that wanted to get rid of Wray but Barr threatened to resign in protest.
Any FBI “agent” landing in Israel should be immediately arrested as a foreign spy!
a President, hmm….who refuses to take responsibility …. at the end of the day it will be this one thing that will be his balloon…..hmm….someone along the line will surly have a ‘HAT PIN’
Biden, a demented Alzheimer diseased treasonous pathological liar.