President Trump, who has made support for Israel a cornerstone of his foreign policy, shifted gears on Thursday and for the first time warned the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off new settlement construction. The White House noted that the president “has not taken an official position on settlement activity,” but said Mr. Trump would discuss the issue with Mr. Netanyahu when they meet Feb. 15, in effect telling him to wait until then.
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Trump’s Transition Team Colluded With Israel. Why Isn’t That News?
Thanks to Mueller’s ongoing investigation, we now know that prior to President Donald Trump’s inauguration, members of his inner circle went to bat on behalf of Israel, and specifically on behalf of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, behind the scenes and in opposition to official U.S. foreign policy. That’s the kind of collusion with a foreign state that has gotten a lot of attention with respect to the Kremlin – but colluding with Israel seems to be of far less interest, strangely.
Netanyahu Plans to Name Illegal Settlement After Trump
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced on Tuesday
that he plans to name a new illegal settlement in the occupied Golan
Heights in honor of Donald Trump, to thank the American president for
agreeing to overlook the unlawful nature of Israel’s annexation of the
territory seized from Syria in 1967.