CHICAGO SUN TIMES
by Steve Huntley
July 1, 2015

The Obama administration rarely misses an opportunity to take a swipe at Israel. This week President Barack Obama signed the fast track trade bill that includes admirable language rejecting the unjust boycott-Israel movement. The very next day the State Department said not so fast….State Department spokesman John Kirby issued a written statement saying the United States has “strongly opposed boycotts, divestment campaigns, and sanctions targeting the state of Israel…then Kirby delivered the administration’s real message: “By conflating Israel and ‘Israeli-controlled territories,’ a provision of the Trade Promotion Authority legislation runs counter to longstanding U.S. policy towards the occupied territories….READ MORE