Posted on 03/08/2016 12:08:14 PM PST by pilgrim
Trump, dont forget, already has an unsettled account with Netanyahu. The Israeli prime minister gave him a cold shoulder when Trump wanted to come to Israel after his No more Muslims flap in December. Trump said he was unperturbed, but if I were Netanyahu I wouldnt be sleeping so easily at nights. Constrained by the imperatives of a GOP campaign, Trump made an exception to his usual modus operandi and restrained himself, but revenge, after all, is a dish best served cold.
But Trump is a Republican, you might respond, and Republicans wholeheartedly support Israel and Netanyahu lock, stock and barrel, no questions asked. That might be true of other Republicans, but it is certainly not completely applicable to Trump. He has pointedly refused to declare that he would rip up the Iran nuclear deal in his first day in office, like Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio; ..........
In 2004, Trump reportedly said he could achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace in two weeks; last December it was up to 6 months. But Trump is certainly aware of what will be required in order to achieve peace in two weeks, six months or two years: 2 states, 1967 borders with swaps, shared Jerusalem. Perhaps thats why Trump has said he didnt know whether Israelis and Palestinians wanted peace; he was not only being evenhanded, he seemed to be placing more of the blame on Israel.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
I rish Trump rotsa ruck there. He just proposed to herd cats.
I can’t believe that you don’t know how far to the left HaAretz is. Posting this article from HaAretz is like posting from Mother Jones magazine or the NY Times.
It seems dishonest for you to have posted the article without describing the strong anti-Zionist left-wing biases of HaAretz.
The writer of this piece is of the same mentality as the Jews who voted for Obozo here in this Country.
“Like us, Israel needs to completely understand the following,”
I’m pretty sure Israel is a lot more aware of the dangers in their own region than we are.
It also sounded like quite a lot of speculation based on a teeny tiny amount of incident.
It might be interesting if Trump took a Christian-friendly tack on the issue, though. Like he’s promised in the USA.
Israel has closed down many a Christian holy site due to giving the territory to Arabs. If Trump were to push for a reversal of this trend, there could be some interesting consequences.
“It might be interesting if Trump took a Christian-friendly tack on the issue, though. Like hes promised in the USA.”
The only thing Trump has said is he will remain neutral in that conflict.
The simple fact is Obama is already supporting Muslim terrorists in the middle east and the Obama administration was behind the attacks from Gaza. Obama is arming and funding Iran. They are funding and arming terrorist groups who state quite plainly that they want to kill all Jews.
Trump would be an enormous improvement over Obama.
Not sure what that would even mean.
I hope Donald would give a very deep respect to security, though.
The crap and lies put out by some in recent weeks will set records for years to come.
Nine months of it now..
Enough for more than one lifetime.
Pretty soon I’ll have listened to this for 1/64th of my entire life.
LOL You have plenty of time to hear more
I read that Trump made a campaign video for Netanyahu.
61% of Israelis support Trump - this “opinion” piece is of no value.
President Trump and PM Bebe will get along just fine:-)
>>>President Trump would be a relaxing pleasant dream in comparison.
File under: Damning with faint praise.
No. Israel would be relieved to have either Cruz or Trump in the White House. Either one would be a huge step up from the most evil person ever to set foot in our White House. Obama hates whites, hates Jews, and hates the West. If Israel can survive him, they can survive anyone, and Trump is not the type to hold a grudge over something so minor.
Exactly right! This opinion piece is simply a crap sandwich.
How come highly educated jews be so dumb!
For the most part they voted for Obama because he was a liberal and because when campaigning he emphasized his name as ‘Baruch’, a typical jewish name, and did not mention his ‘Hussein’ middle name.
So they just voted based on feelings instead of rationally. Obama has been a disaster for Israel and Trump will be a great defender for Israel.
Just comes to show that the smarter you are you can rationalize any action, and then take completely idiotic actions, as they seem ‘logical’.
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