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There’s ample evidence to suggest that President Donald Trump’s transition team colluded with a foreign government — but it’s not necessarily just Russia.
Reports in both The Intercept and The Nation published Tuesday point to the lesser-covered news from former Trump adviser Mike Flynn’s plea deal — that the transition team worked with Israel on their controversial (and arguably illegal) settlements in Palestinian territories. That alleged collusion also undermined then-President Obama’s stance on the settlements and was, at the time, “in opposition to official U.S. foreign policy,” The Intercept noted.
Even Flynn’s contacts with former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak were in hopes of securing either a delay or defeat a United Nations resolution that would condemn Israeli settlements as a “flagrant violation under international law” that threatened the prospect of an independent Palestinian state.
“On or about December 22, 2016, a very senior member of the Presidential Transition Team directed Flynn to contact officials from foreign governments, including Russia, to learn where each government stood on the resolution and to influence those governments to delay the vote or defeat the resolution,” the Justice Department’s statement of offense against Flynn states. “Flynn contacted the Russian Ambassador about the pending vote. Flynn informed the Russian Ambassador about the incoming administration’s opposition to the resolution, and requested that Russia vote against or delay the resolution.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/mo...team-colluded-with-israel-to-undermine-obama/
Reports in both The Intercept and The Nation published Tuesday point to the lesser-covered news from former Trump adviser Mike Flynn’s plea deal — that the transition team worked with Israel on their controversial (and arguably illegal) settlements in Palestinian territories. That alleged collusion also undermined then-President Obama’s stance on the settlements and was, at the time, “in opposition to official U.S. foreign policy,” The Intercept noted.
Even Flynn’s contacts with former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak were in hopes of securing either a delay or defeat a United Nations resolution that would condemn Israeli settlements as a “flagrant violation under international law” that threatened the prospect of an independent Palestinian state.
“On or about December 22, 2016, a very senior member of the Presidential Transition Team directed Flynn to contact officials from foreign governments, including Russia, to learn where each government stood on the resolution and to influence those governments to delay the vote or defeat the resolution,” the Justice Department’s statement of offense against Flynn states. “Flynn contacted the Russian Ambassador about the pending vote. Flynn informed the Russian Ambassador about the incoming administration’s opposition to the resolution, and requested that Russia vote against or delay the resolution.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/mo...team-colluded-with-israel-to-undermine-obama/
