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| 'Trump has no idea how much Israel has expended on peace' |
| 2015-12-10 |
| Jewish radio personality Nahum Segal, host of Jewish Moments in the Morning (commonly abbreviated as JM in the AM) and President of the Nachum Segal Network, explained the harsh reaction that the pro-Israel community had in response to GOP hopeful Donald Trump’s recent remarks about Israel not sacrificing enough for peace in an interview with Arutz Sheva. “The pro-Israel community was very concerned about Trump’s comments because they seemed somewhat irresponsible,” Segal said. “When an American leader, especially someone like Donald Trump, who is a leader both in the business world and the political world, suggests that Israel has not done enough for the peace process, that is bordering on insulting.” “The pro-Israel community cannot stress enough, how much effort Israel has expended on the peace-process. So for him to come out with a statement, one that seemed uneducated, stating that Israel has to do more, was seen in a very negative light,” Segal said. The huff in the US pro-Israel community was created last Wednesday when Republican presidential candidate hopeful and front runner Donald Trump told the Associated Press that he has "a real question as to whether or not both sides [Israel and the Palestinians] want to make." "A lot will have to do with Israel and whether or not Israel wants to make the deal - whether or not Israel's willing to sacrifice certain things," Trump told AP. "They may not be, and I understand that, and I'm OK with that. But then you're just not going to have a deal." Trump refused to back down from his comments even under pressure on Thursday at a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition. "I don't know that Israel has the commitment to make it, and I don't know the other side has the commitment to make it," Trump said. Trump then antagonized the crowd even further by saying, "You're not going to support me even though you know I'm the best thing that could happen to Israel. I know why you're not going to support me: because I don't want your money - you want to control your own politicians." Trump is scheduled to visit Israel towards the end of December, and meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The Prime Minister's office said that the meeting was scheduled before Trump's recent comments and that the Prime Minister will meet with any candidate from any party in the upcoming US elections. |
| Posted by:Steve White |