Samantha Power Downgrades the U.S.-Israel Alliance
“We have a record of standing when it matters with Israel.” But will we?
April 23, 2015
Samantha Power Downgrades the U.S.-Israel Alliance
“We have a record of standing when it matters with Israel.” But will we?
Testifying to Congress last week, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power refused to guarantee that the U.S. will oppose resolutions on Palestinian statehood at the UN. She did, however, reassure her audience that “we have a record of standing when it matters with Israel.” When, wonders Shoshana Bryen, does “it matter”?
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