Foxman Slams US For Questioning Israel Over Nablus Operation

[Purveyor]

Anti-Defamation League National Director Abe Foxman on Tuesday slammed the US administration for what he called its "mischievous and troubling" decision to seek clarification from Israel over last Saturday's IDF operation in Nablus.

In the wake of the operation, in which the IDF killed three Fatah men it said were behind the terrorist attack last Thursday in which Rabbi Meir Chai was gunned down, Washington passed on to Israel concerns from the Palestinian Authority about the IDF's actions and also sought clarifications of its own.

Israel's Ambassador to the US Michael Oren said that the request for clarification came from the White House and that it was "understandable."

Foxman told The Jerusalem Post, however, that while the US was a welcome and often necessary intermediary in peace efforts, "this is something new. This is America getting involved in combat situations."

After the Palestinians turned to the US to complain about the operation, it was disturbing, said Foxman, to see the Americans ask Israel "for explanations and justifications."

"Now what?" asked the ADL chief. "They'll be the judge of who is right and who is wrong? ... They're not the blue helmets ."

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[Sebastian Doyle]

1. Fuck you Abe

The ADL shouldn't be apologists for the brutal Israeli right. If that's where your sympathies lie, then step down and let someone from J street take your job.