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- 1Report: Huckabee aide altered US embassy reporting on Israel●Report: David Milstein, aide to Huckabee, repeatedly altered US embassy reporting critical of Israel Milstein blocked, r
A new report alleges that David Milstein, an aide to US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, repeatedly altered embassy reporting to Washington. Milstein is said to have blocked, rewrote or delayed official reports on illegal Israeli settlement expansion and settler violence, as well as other critical material. The claims raise concerns about political interference in diplomatic reporting from the US embassy in Jerusalem.
- 2NYT: US embassy aide in Jerusalem rewired cables to shield Israel▼# NYT spoke with 15 US officials and read dozens of embassy records showing that David Milstein (who's of Jewish heritag
A New York Times investigation, based on interviews with 15 US officials and dozens of embassy records, found that David Milstein, a top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee at the US embassy in Jerusalem, repeatedly killed or rewrote diplomatic cables to cast Israel's government in a favourable light. Officials say the edits blocked candid reporting on conditions in the occupied territories, raising concerns about politicised diplomacy.