Matt Lee

State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert addresses reporters at the daily press briefing. (State Dept photo)
Forget Friedman. The State Dept doesn’t know how much of the West Bank is occupied either
While disavowing the American ambassador’s erroneous assertion that only 2% of the West Bank is occupied by Israel, the State Department spokesperson isn’t able to answer how much of the territory is actually occupied. (Hint: All of it.) U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman caused a small stir Thursday by erroneously stating that Israel only…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man September 29, 2017
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with Deputy Chief of Staff Jon Finer, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, and State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki. (State Dept. Photo)
When Israel grabs land, the U.S. grabs a thesaurus [satire]
The U.S. State Department spokesperson and her deputy are finding it difficult to  continue condemning Israeli plans to build more settlements in the West Bank. Marie Harf, Deputy State Department Spokesperson: Hi Jen. Jen Psaki, State Department Spokesperson: Hi Marie, sup? Harf: Not much. Hey, did you see Obama’s suit? Psaki: I know, right?? What’s…
By Ami Kaufman September 1, 2014
File photo of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki in the background, conducting a press conference, February 18, 2014.(Photo: State Dept.)
State Department stumbles: If not apartheid, then what?
Asked what word Secretary Kerry would have used in place of ‘apartheid,’ his use of which stirred up a small storm in the U.S. this week, the State Department is hard pressed to give an answer. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and the State Department on Tuesday were scrambling to diffuse the storm that…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man April 30, 2014
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