{"id":47148783,"user":"KoftaBob","time":1772007365,"time_ago":"a month ago","type":"comment","content":"

He's the US Ambassador to Israel.","comments":[{"id":47153551,"user":"loeg","time":1772036216,"time_ago":"a month ago","type":"comment","content":"

So his comments represent the US, and don't represent Israel in any way?","comments":[{"id":47154225,"user":"heyitsmedotjayb","time":1772038845,"time_ago":"a month ago","type":"comment","content":"

That would be a good point if Netanyahu and Yair Lapid hadn't echoed his comments and expressed intent to create greater Israel..","comments":[{"id":47157925,"user":"loeg","time":1772053943,"time_ago":"a month ago","type":"comment","content":"

Seems like it would have been more relevant just to quote those people instead.","comments":[{"id":47166581,"user":"heyitsmedotjayb","time":1772116099,"time_ago":"25 days ago","type":"comment","content":"

the goal posts never stop moving huh","comments":[{"id":47167880,"user":"loeg","time":1772121846,"time_ago":"25 days ago","type":"comment","content":"

They've never moved.","comments":[{"id":47168577,"user":"heyitsmedotjayb","time":1772124626,"time_ago":"25 days ago","type":"comment","content":"

First you were upset that I assumed the American ambassador had any input on Israeli politics (a definitional truth), then you changed the subject and became upset that I didn't quote Netanyahu or Rabin themselves. That's how you moved the goal posts, inventing problems without confronting any of my points on their merits.","comments":[{"id":47175617,"user":"loeg","time":1772159388,"time_ago":"25 days ago","type":"comment","content":"

Not at all. You quoted an American as if he speaks for Israeli policy; he does not and never did. That's the entire meat of this thread.","comments":[{"id":47186752,"user":"tovej","time":1772231910,"time_ago":"24 days ago","type":"comment","content":"

If Israel disagreed with the ambassador's statements, they would give him a note or call him in for a talking to. Diplomatic discipline is very common if an ambassador misbehaves this badly.

The fact that they did not react to such inflammatory statements strongly indicates that they support them.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":7,"url":"item?id=47186752"},{"id":47181609,"user":"heyitsmedotjayb","time":1772205852,"time_ago":"24 days ago","type":"comment","content":"

What is the job of an ambassador if not to speak for policy?","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":7,"url":"item?id=47181609"}],"comments_count":2,"level":6,"url":"item?id=47175617"}],"comments_count":3,"level":5,"url":"item?id=47168577"}],"comments_count":4,"level":4,"url":"item?id=47167880"}],"comments_count":5,"level":3,"url":"item?id=47166581"}],"comments_count":6,"level":2,"url":"item?id=47157925"}],"comments_count":7,"level":1,"url":"item?id=47154225"}],"comments_count":8,"level":0,"url":"item?id=47153551"}],"comments_count":9,"url":"item?id=47148783"}

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