Jason Greenblatt Live Tweets Israel Trip – And Doesn’t Win Fans
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
President Trump isn’t the only person within his administration sending out an unfiltered stream of messages on Twitter. Middle East adviser Jason Greenblatt seems to be following his lead, live-tweeting updates from a trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories this week.
Today I paid a shiva call to family of Hadas Malka. She was murdered by terrorists. This violence is intolerable! pic.twitter.com/9IgSPq2LB2
— Jason D. Greenblatt (@jdgreenblatt45) June 19, 2017
Today, at the Kotel, I prayed for an end to violence and that we would experience the blessings of peace. pic.twitter.com/pBytGMdzKo
— Jason D. Greenblatt (@jdgreenblatt45) June 19, 2017
Jared Kushner, CG Blome & I met W/ Pres. Abbas 2day to further advance @POTUS goal of a genuine & lasting peace: https://t.co/8U9xq4YYdC pic.twitter.com/FXWWrkbMd9
— Jason D. Greenblatt (@jdgreenblatt45) June 22, 2017
Greenblatt’s social media presence didn’t win praise from everyone – among them the West Bank settlement leader David Ha’ivri. “Stop by for a couple of days, meet with some names. Then go home and say that you are working on it,” the former leader of a settlement council in the West Bank told Ha’aretz.
Others critiqued his choice of kosher food options.
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