n the middle of Israel's 2014 war with Hamas, State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki defended a diplomatic move by Secretary John Kerry that had generated open fury in Jerusalem and at least five Arab capitals by suggesting to reporters that the firestorm had been whipped up by an Israeli misinformation campaign. “It's simply not the way that partners and allies treat each other,” she complained. Then she declared that Kerry was Israel's strongest supporter and a close personal friend of Israeli officials—and had been mediating at their invitation.
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