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McMaster calls Israel “illegitimate,” “occupying power”

Aug 5, 2017 10:39 am By Robert Spencer

If the Trump administration is going to have any integrity and coherence in its policies toward Israel and the jihad threat in general, McMaster (and all his allies and cohorts) must go. And the sooner the better. The Trump administration has been sending mixed signals since its inception. It’s a far cry from the confidence and decisiveness that Trump projected on the campaign trail. If Trump doesn’t soon recover some sense of what he initially intended to do, he will end up being Obama’s third term.

“Official: McMaster calls Israel ‘illegitimate,’ ‘occupying power,’” by Jordan Schachtel, Conservative Review, August 3, 2017 (thanks to the Geller Report):

It’s not a coincidence that national security adviser H.R. McMaster has chosen to eliminate the pro-Israel voices at the National Security Council, three West Wing and defense officials (who chose to speak on background for diplomatic sensitivity reasons) told Conservative Review.

In interviews with several current and former members of President Trump’s inner circle, a profile of McMaster has emerged as a man fiercely opposed to strengthening the U.S. alliance with the Jewish state.

On Wednesday, American-born Israeli journalist Caroline Glick detailed explosive allegations concerning McMaster’s views on Israel. Glick is a well-known pro-Israel columnist and has established connections with the Trump administration. Many of the details in this story emerged from questions asked about Glick’s allegations.

The list of pro-Israel voices in the administration that were removed from McMaster’s National Security Council now includes: Steve Bannon, K.T. McFarland, Ezra Cohen-Watnick, Derek Harvey, Rich Higgins, Adam Lovinger, and Tera Dahl.

McMaster not only shuns Israel, he is also historically challenged on Arab-Israeli affairs, according to the sources.

“McMaster constantly refers to the existence of a Palestinian state before 1947,” a senior West Wing official tells CR (there was never an independent Palestinian state), adding that McMaster describes Israel as an “illegitimate,” “occupying power.”

The NSC chief expressed great reluctance to work with Israel on counterterror efforts, as he shut down a joint U.S.-Israel project to counter the terrorist group Hezbollah’s efforts to expand Iran’s worldwide influence. The project was led by the now-former NSC Middle East director Derek Harvey.

In July, Palestinian terrorists armed with rifles left the al-Aqsa mosque compound and assassinated two Israeli police officers. Afterward, Israeli security forces installed metal detectors outside the Jerusalem mosque for protection. McMaster, however, didn’t see it that way. He viewed the security measures as “just another excuse by the Israelis to repress the Arabs,” a senior defense official tells CR.

A senior West Wing official explained McMaster’s anti-Israel posture further:

“In advance of the president’s trip to Israel, there was a lot of desire from within the Trump administration for [Israeli PM Benjamin] Netanyahu to join the president at the Western Wall. McMaster didn’t even want [Trump] to go to the Western Wall. He only wanted the president to visit the Holocaust Museum.”

A deal was ultimately cut, and the president visited the Western Wall — but without Netanyahu.

In May, while briefing reporters, McMaster infamously refused to recognize that the Western Wall (one of the holiest sites in Judaism) was part of Israel.

After his stand against Israel’s sovereignty, McMaster’s NSC staff (composed mostly of Obama holdovers and new liberal appointees) applauded his anti-Israel posture….

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  1. Randy Brown says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 10:45 am

    keep up the good fight. heard your interview on AFR.

    • Rob says

      Aug 5, 2017 at 8:39 pm

      Prior to 67 the West Bank was occupied by Jordan.
      It never was part of Jordan and it’s only pretense at being a state was as part of the British Mandate.
      Israel has ceded back Sinai and Gaza since 67 under the auspices of land for peace deals.
      The West Bank would be apportioned between a Palestinian state and Israel if only Abass and Hamas would pull their fingers out and get down to bilateral talks.
      BTW How is Mrs Abass now that her husband has terminated all health-related contact by Palestinians with Israel?

  2. saralouisewilmott says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 10:58 am

    I knew from the outset that McMaster was part of the Obama/Bush camp regarding Israel, but I did not realize that he believed there existed a Palestinian State under Ottoman Rule. He is way out to lunch, and Donald Trump has to send him on his way. President Trump cares about the State of Israel, I have no doubts, but he has been having a hard time weeding out those who have mislead him as to their true beliefs, commitments and loyalties, because that has been the agenda of the “DEEP STATE” since it was revealed that “The Donald” had won the election, and was now president. Joe Biden thought the New World order was dead, but he could not have been more wrong; it just slithered underground temporarily.

  3. R Russell says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 12:11 pm

    Why can’t these people read genuine history and not the revisionist lies put out by Islam? After all Obama wanted Americans to believe Islam made America the country it is today.
    Sadly when Israel is attacked some time in the future and is unable to protect herself there is going to be an astonishing intervention that the people alive then will wish they had found out about it in advance.

    • stan lee says

      Aug 5, 2017 at 1:28 pm

      People in high places who came to those places, nursing an inherent bias towards Jews and Israel,are not going to take the time researching history for accurate information. They are sure that “they know” better than anyone else. Such people are satisfied that their bias’ are justified and no corrections are necessary to them.
      The position occupied by McMaster exposes him more than Generals Mattis and Kelly are exposed re: prejudices. While McMaster was an armored force leader in the Bush-Iraq campaign and his strategies completely crippled Saddam’s elite armored forces, no partiality to Islam, on his part, was demonstrated. Rather, he didn’t stop at wiping out all resistance from that Arab force. But, politics had nothing to do with it, demonstrating U.S. armored tactics and power were all the motivation he needed as a professional military commander.
      But, the issues between Palestinians and Israelis are different entirely. Obviously, despite his knowledge of military tactics, he has decided, on his own, that “Palestinians” live in their own state and Israeli armed forces occupy that state McMaster believes is a legitimate sovereign state. This is the first indicator to me that either President Trump hasn’t examined the issue well enough, or that McMaster, in my opinion, has stayed a few steps ahead of Trump, with all other distractions pressing Trump from all directions. Trump has three battle-hardened Generals in his staff, he respects their experience and military success, but from my vantage point, McMaster is starting to remind me of Obama’s NSC choice, John Brennan, who spent time in prior assignments in Saudi Arabia, long enough to convince himself to become a Muslim. McMaster, as head of NSC, wields sufficient power to fire NSC personnel who would disagree with him. He recently fired a man who spent time in touring Mid-East Islam and is an acknowledged expert concerning Araby. McMaster terminated that man’s NSC employment. Whether the firing was a power-play by McMaster who wants to assure that no one in NSC can challenge his opinions, or even worse, that McMaster practices what his past comments re: Israel indicate. Trump now seems satisfied with McMaster, but that can change with public resistance to McMaster as he reveals more of his attitudes. I cannot believe that Trump completely unaware of McMaster’s ideologies, but having voted for Trump, in lieu of something worse, H.Clinton, I would prefer to believe Trump was the right choice. But, McMaster seems to have more influence with Trump than he could have earned, and there are voices in the Trump administration about McMaster’s intentions.
      If and when Trump’s left-wing adversaries start taking McMaster’s part, that will be the indication that McMaster is against the Trump government.
      Sorry to go so long but this issue is like flying totally on instruments, with inability to visually ascertain the horizon, and being apprehensive about the whole da–ed process.

  4. Lucia Bartoli says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 12:35 pm

    Ho needs to be O U T!
    If not then our POTUS will not have a chance for 2020.! McMaster, we stand with Israel! (Study REAL history!)

    • Lawrence says

      Aug 5, 2017 at 1:28 pm

      I fear 2020 will see the Dems run a real Lefty loon. Keith Ellison and some Sarsour type as his veep. And they could win it. In which case USA will probably plunge into civil war. Or total collapse.

  5. David Cameron says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 12:43 pm

    I’m amazed that Trump would allow this ignorant clown to have such a position. Trump is losing a lot of credibility if he keeps him. I understand that there’s an opening for a dog catcher in Crotchrot North Dakota which McMaster might be able to do an adequate job if he’s shipped out there.

  6. Lawrence says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 1:09 pm

    None of you people get it. It isn’t just McMaster, it is Tillerson and Mattis. All Trump appointees. Which means at best Trump is an idiot since he doesn’t know the opinions of people he appoints to senior positions, or he holds the same opinions at bottom, and he just conned a lot of people.

    I mean he has a reputation in business as a conman. Fair or not. If he doesn’t fire Mc and Tillerson we will know it is the latter. After all Trump loves to fire people all the time, as POTUS and as a reality TV star.

    • John W. says

      Aug 5, 2017 at 4:17 pm

      Sadly I have to agree with this. None of these top defense/foreign policy advisers understand the Islamic threat OR worse, they are actively engaged in deception.

  7. Lawrence says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 1:18 pm

    Notice how a lot of conservative pro-Trump news outlets are engaging in self-censorship here. Focusing on Democratic Party shenanigans and ignoring McMasters, Tillerson. Not only in US but outside of USA. As a consequence, most people are clueless.

    • stan lee says

      Aug 5, 2017 at 2:20 pm

      It is so unfortunate that the “Fourth Estate,” as the press was known to our Founding Fathers, has deserted its role of faithfully and honestly keeping the American people informed. Instead, its present position of being “bought and paid for” by anti-government, anti-Constitution forces is intent upon destroying the United States as a beacon of freedom in this world in order that the USA became just another country in a “one world regime” You may recall that it was Obama’s mission, in which he could perpetuate his influence, not only here, but throughout the entire world. He is a megalomaniac!
      Let us not deceive ourselves, the danger is worse than imagined, we cannot know how strong that “undertow” is, but it works against America, which is the strongest force for freedom in our world and gives hope to other lesser forces in this universe.
      The NY Times was once a force for Socialism, but it has lost its unique place. It now is the Washington Post, financed by Amazon’s multi-billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos. He, whose quest to take over every market here and in this world is in process. We need to be strong enough not to allow this to happen! Then, we have the battle against all other “news” sources owned/financed by the “chaos master”, George Soros. If you envision a nation trying to survive in a Socialist “mine-field,” it is us, the United States. We must keep our faith and our course with the guidance of our God, and the U.S. Constitution, to which there are many efforts, visible or invisible.
      Here, it’s the Democrats, as Lawrence has stated above, but these are not the Democrats of FDR, Harry Truman, or John Kennedy. Todays Democrats are the very saboteurs that FDR, Truman, and Kennedy knew as Communists. The Democrats made sure not to take on the label of Communist Party,
      USA”, but rather kept the name of the political party which name the Communists stole, the Democratic Party.

      • StacyGirl says

        Aug 5, 2017 at 10:09 pm

        Thanks for the factual analysis.

      • Mark Swan says

        Aug 6, 2017 at 4:02 am

        stan lee that was very good Commentary.

  8. somehistory says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 1:41 pm

    Evil has a face and its ugly.
    Evidently, he has joined gog’s crowd, although his name was not written in Ezekiel. He’s just a member of the evil crowd.

  9. medaber_emet says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 2:47 pm

    mcplaster mother is an ilegitmate bitch
    he is a traitor and He will ruin Trump
    We are living in the age of insanity
    Trump will pay for this mistake
    its so sad to see that the fucking muzzies took over amrica
    dont worry there will be very hard and long war to free america from islam

  10. Al says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 5:55 pm

    The question of Palestine or maybe more to the point Jerusalem depends on how far back do you want to go. Before being conquered, were these possessions of Egypt, Assyria, Greece, Macedonia, Rome, Babylonia or who knows which other conquering army marched through, like the Islamic Arabs or Ottoman Turks. Likely, possession materialized as a fruit of war. But, does that not beg the question, who , in all of history, founded the city, Jerusalem, and built a temple? How far back should we go? Will the next occupier be the U.N.? Will the answer ultimately be a ‘New Jerusalem’ as prophesied? How many folk must die before we learn?

  11. José Josias says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 6:33 pm

    Trump needs to stop hiring these democrats, islamoshills and traitors to his government. They keep undermining him and leaking everything. Wth doesn’t he just fire them and put someone he can trust in their place?

  12. Tony46 says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 6:36 pm

    Is he Arafat’s re-incarnation????
    Or worse…..?

  13. Lydia says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 9:28 pm

    He is looking worse by the day.
    And on top of that, he doesn’t look like a nice guy to start with.
    ( ;

  14. Wellington says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 11:06 pm

    He’s gotta’ go.

    • Mark Swan says

      Aug 6, 2017 at 4:19 am

      General McMaster is a Capitulator to an Occupying effort.

  15. Aron says

    Aug 5, 2017 at 11:42 pm

    CONSERVATIVES RIGHT WHEN IN POWER ALWAYS SLIDES LEFT-SIDE

    This is nothing unexpected.
    If you check the history of all leaning Parties or Leaders, they ride to power over very crucial issues that needs correctives as felt by their national conservative constituencies.
    But once in office, they lose their sense of purpose and start doing more of the same predecessor leftist administrations.
    Why?
    because of need to gain ‘wider acceptance’ – Approval Seeking.
    The left liberal hardliners ensure this ditching of their own Agendas promised to their support base –
    in return for transitory ‘recognition’- something like a tired lover enticed by the other woman in the Party who is ‘hard to get’- instead of the loyal wife or girl;friend who is taken for granted and so loses value.
    What to do?
    There is hardly any alternative for the lovers of their nations and cultures- politics being a bitch, and politicians cant be trusted to behave any better than a disloyal lover or spouse.
    Except- make it harder to retain her affection.
    In other words- the betrayed lover must make it very clear that-
    1. Not only his flirtations and betrayal not gone unnoticed- but it is going to cost him the relationship.
    2. Never talk of ‘what else is the alternative’?-
    Never ever do that.
    Imagine any self respecting woman who keeps telling her disloyal boyfriend- ‘who else will take me? who else can there be except you’?
    Such crawling will only make his abusive behavior worse.
    3. Keep telling him on the face -that we do have alternatives and can make it happen-
    he himself is the best proof of that-
    that despite being the most ridiculed and discounted candidate in the entire world- the conservatives made the impossible victory possible.
    We have the power. Not the media opinion makers or pundits.
    Trump can be thrown out of office the same way Obama was.
    Trump can be replaced with someone who is more articulate and more conservative-
    who is closer to his or her constituency-
    who cares more for their approval than the approval of the enemies and traitors of every nation.

    The first step to make Trump be true to his image that got our support-

    is to tell him that there is a better alternative.

    Trump is just a corrective.
    The work isnt over yet- the Conservative corrective movement must keep building.
    Not just the President but every senator and law maker must be cast in the mold of patriots instead of sell outs and ideological dhimmis.
    Withdraw support to Trump and his ways that arent very different from Obama administration and start informing the conservatives that they must vote him down.

    When defeat looms ahead- Trump will start behaving automatically-
    with falling approval ratings for his Presidency.

    Also work on the GOP as a movement instead of charismatic leaders.
    Groom from grassroots new leadership.

    This is what we did in India.
    When defeat was clear to a quasi marxist Narender Modi- the Party had to field a more hardliner Conservative Yogi Adityanath to win the Ohio of Indian by-elections.
    We must make it clear who is in the driver’s seat.

    .

  16. gravenimage says

    Aug 6, 2017 at 12:09 am

    McMaster calls Israel “illegitimate,” “occupying power”
    ……………………

    McMaster just keeps revealing himself as worse and worse. Fire his *ss now.

  17. Andy says

    Aug 6, 2017 at 2:14 am

    McMaster should be DUMPED! President Trump should tell him: YOU’RE FIRED!

  18. Guest says

    Aug 6, 2017 at 2:34 am

    Here’s a brief history lesson. Palestine attacked Isreal unprovoked. Isreal fought back, won and took over there territories. The lesson here: Palestine got what they deserved and Trump needs to fire McMaster.

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