https://twitter.com/zhanover/status/654372411073273860
It sure sounded like it.
During this afternoon’s State Department press briefing, State spokesman John Kirby had this to say:
.@statedeptspox re #Israel: "individuals on both sides of this divide have proven capable of, and in our view, guilty of acts of terrorism"
— Natasha Mozgovaya (@mozgovaya) October 14, 2015
He really said it (starts around the 7:05 mark):
Pretty slimy, Mr. Kirby.
He later suggested that while Israel has a right to protect its citizens, it may be doing so through “excessive use of force”:
“We’re not going to dictate immediate security requirements onto Israel. The Israeli government has a right and a responsibility to protect its citizens,” Kirby added. “We’ve certainly seen some reports of what many would consider excessive use of force. Obviously we don’t like to see that.”
So, if we’re understanding you correctly, sir, you don’t like to see Israelis fighting back against the people trying to murder them? But you’ll sit back and let the Obama administration write this off as an unfortunate boo-boo?
This is coming from the administration that just bombed a hospital. https://t.co/kAc5ZGlLXI
— BT (@back_ttys) October 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/OrwellForks/status/654381015507566592
@mozgovaya @statedeptspox can someone ask him if the American bombing of #DrsWithoutBorders was terrorism? https://t.co/xTPy7AkIbS
— Ariel Reiner (@relreiner) October 14, 2015
What’s it going to take for this administration to outright condemn Palestinian terrorism? There’s a clear moral divide here. This shouldn’t be so difficult.
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/654373635667402752
https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/654372255166803968
https://twitter.com/OrwellForks/status/654380747005030402
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/654372688820088832
Holy shit. The @statedeptspox just accused Israel of terrorism. They have officially lost their minds. https://t.co/cJb2Rqm5uW
— FlintTownProud (@laddydogH) October 14, 2015
That’s certainly one explanation. Another is that they just flat-out hate Israel.
https://twitter.com/booloojenks/status/654375879666233348
Can the state dept specify what acts of terrorism Israel committed? @mozgovaya @statedeptspox
— (((Aaron “Worthing” Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) October 14, 2015
@mozgovaya @statedeptspox in other words, those Israelis need to stop jumping in front of the Palestinian knives and this prob goes away
— joes grinding teeth (@joegridingteeth) October 14, 2015
Palestinian terrorists are murdering Israelis. Israelis are defending themselves. To equate those two sides is not only wrong, it’s dangerous. And downright reprehensible.
.@statedeptspox What the fuck is wrong with you? cc: @JohnKerry https://t.co/cCODYFmQTA
— DC Dude (@DCDude1776) October 14, 2015
Absolutely disgusting. https://t.co/kAc5ZGlLXI
— BT (@back_ttys) October 14, 2015
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