Emanuel’s Remarks “Distorted”

David Streeter — January 7, 2010 – 1:51 pm | Foreign Policy | Israel | Obama | Stop the Smears Comments (0) Add a comment

Israel’s Army radio, Ha’Aretz, and Yediot Aharonot recently reported on several anonymously-sourced, discouraging statements regarding US involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The statements were attributed to Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff—and they have been proven false.

Jacob Dayan, Israel’s Counsel General in Los Angeles, Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, and the White House all deny and dismiss the statements as “harmful” rumors. According to The Jerusalem Post:

Israel’s ambassador to the US, Michael Oren, strongly pushed back against the reports.  He told the Post that on Emanuel’s trip to California, the chief of staff ‘reiterated his unflagging commitment to Israel’s security and his devotion to the search for an Israeli-Palestinian peace.’

Oren also told The Jerusalem Post:

Dayan has ‘categorically disassociated himself from this pernicious article, and has expressed his deepest regrets for any distortions it might have caused of Rahm Emanuel’s views.’  

 

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