Hillary says everything’s hunkydory! Amazing piece by Laura Rozen at FP mouthpiecing the State Department and saying that the two-state-solution is humming along like a Swiss watch. What planet are we living on? Do the media owe the American people any idea of the desperation of the Palestinian condition? Happy talk:
And the Secretary, by investing time with her Arab and Israeli counterparts and leaders, moved us forward," [ass’t sec’y Jeffrey] Feltman continued. And got them "focused on the endgame: a two state solution, comprehensive peace and what do we need to do start getting to that end game."
"You heard the Egyptian statement of policy," Feltman continued. "They have moved a lot closer to our position about wanting to focus on the end game than you might have heard from Arab foreign ministers or leaders or week ago. I think this shows the power of personal diplomacy, the power of [Clinton’s] investing in these things."
This is Nero-esque. And a reminder that it hurts everyone when you bury the truth. BBC is reporting that dozens of countries are behind the Goldstone report and the debate that it’s started.
The stakes here are monstrously large. Here Spencer Ackerman and Nadia Hijab argue that the Obama administration’s decision to bury Goldstone has had a radicalizing effect on Palestinian politics…
