White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki dodged a question regarding Israel's status as an "important" ally of the US on Friday when a reporter asked, "Does the administration still consider the Saudis and the Israelis important allies?"
WOW: @PressSec refuses to say that Israel is an American ally.
— John Cooper (@thejcoop) February 12, 2021
There is literally no excuse for this. And might explain why Biden hasn't called Netanyahu yet. pic.twitter.com/EfMJNN9Ssh
"Well, again, I think there are ongoing processes and internal inter-agency processes," She replied. "One that we, I think, confirmed, an inter-agency meeting just last week to discuss a range of issues in the Middle East. We’ve only been here three and a half weeks. And I think I’m going to let those policy processes see themselves through before we give kind of a complete lay down of what our national security approaches will be to a range of issues."
This comes after the Biden administration previously attracted some criticism for restoring diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority. The New York Times reported in January that the new administration will "include a resumption of American aid to the Palestinians." The announcement was made by Richard Mills, the acting United States ambassador to the United Nations.
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