With legislation almost certain to fail given bipartisan backing for Israel, administration’s decision to weigh in shows desire for party to maintain pro-Israel stance after election

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    1 month ago

    Do you think the Times of Israel is making things up? Because anonymous sources aren’t anonymous to the reporter, they’re anonymous to us. Granted, Israeli newspapers are quite a bit less trustworthy than most, but it’s hard to see how a fabrication is valuable to them.

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      1 month ago

      I see very clearly how making a fabrication is valuable to them. What I don’t see is why a US Lawmaker would do an exclusive interview with a foreign newspaper and remain anonymous on this issue, or why many other supposedly stayed silent.

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        How? The thing they wanted to happen happened, and the guy they’re trying to portray as having their back is a lame duck. The quote is an “official”, not a lawmaker and could be from the administration itself or any of a host of pro-Israel lawmakers who would happily reassure an Israeli newspaper that the Democratic establishment is still with them all while maintaining the faux confidentiality that intra-party lobbying has.