In an interview with the Hebrew-language Israel Hayom newspaper, President Trump reiterated concerns about Israeli settlement growth, saying he is “not someone who believes that advancing settlements is good for peace,” and urging Israel to act reasonably.
Details on the interview are still not totally clear, as Trump’s interview was not published in its entirety, nor was the English language translation of it available. This may limit the extent to which the comments are publicized in the English-speaking media, and the need of Israeli officials to react to it.
That Trump felt the need to reiterate the statement at all is newsworthy, however, as the White House had previously said more or less the same thing and Israeli officials spun this as Trump giving them “carte blanche” to expand the settlements however much they want.
In the interview, Trump also said he wasn’t comfortable criticizing Israel in general, which likely allows the Israeli government to ignore the comments or spin them however they like, assured that the Trump government won’t want to make too big a deal out of whatever they end up doing.
When Obama administration was saying the same thing much more firmly, the Republican demagogues were all chanting in unison that Obama was throwing Israel under the bus. What do the two faced Republicans in Congress and neocons have to say now?
US policy to Israel will remain the same. The US will make sure Israel annexes the West Bank and lives pockets of Palestinian reseveration. It will reflect Native Americans reservation system. Might is Right.
They will be put under the bus for their stupidity
They will claim that president Trump in the nip of time pulled Israel away from the oncoming Obama bus.
How stupid is Trump, he just figured out that the land thefts in the occupied territories are detrimental to peace?
Where has he been for the last 40 or 50 years>
War, no war; killing, not killing of the palestinians; trump, no trump all good for no peace in ex-palestina!
He is scared shitless like all his predessors of the Lobby
It will be a cancerous sore for the US and the Arab world will not accept it
Has been for 70 years, why expect change now?
As long as the Zionist have power in finance, media,and politicians, the people will always be in subordinate.
Another example of the shallowness of Trump. He speaks idly out of turn which has the result of encouraging and empowering Netanyahu.
Then he comes out with this which is an obvious 180 meant to slow down the momentum his foolish words caused.
Trump has no depth, and much less no real agenda. He’s simply ‘winging it’ until he learns something about anything. Let’s hope he doesn’t cause a third world war before he does learn.
Bloody disgusting!
Another example of the shallowness of Trump. He speaks idly out of turn which has the result of encouraging and empowering Netanyahu.
Then he comes out with this which is an obvious 180 meant to slow down the momentum his foolish words caused.
Trump has no depth, and much less no real agenda. He’s simply ‘winging it’ until he learns something about anything. Let’s hope he doesn’t cause a third world war before he does learn.
Bloody disgusting!