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| 2018, the year Donald Trump upended the US-Israel relationship | |
| 2019-01-01 | |
| [IsraelTimes] Twelve months ago, the US embassy was in Tel Aviv, the Iran deal was humming along, Paleostinians were enjoying aid, and a peace plan was just a twinkle in Jared Kushner’s eye. US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ran for the presidency as a disrupter. When it comes to his managing of the US-Israel relationship, he has been precisely that. Throughout 2018, Trump made a series of decisions that have had vast implications for Israel’s future ‐ for its conflict with the Paleostinians, and for its efforts to thwart Iran’s quest to obtain a nuclear weapon and spread its influence throughout the region. And, throughout it all, he has put Israel in the center of the news, and made it a focal point of his administration. In typical Trumpian fashion, the president made the last year one of upheaval and controversy. Here are the five ways that he upended US-Israel relations in 2018.
TEASING THE RELEASE OF HIS PEACE PLAN Throughout 2018, Trump’s peace team ‐ led by his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner and special envoy Jason Greenblatt ‐ has signaled that the publication of its proposal was imminent. There has been no definitive indication of what the plan will entail; although Trump once said he preferred a two-state outcome. In recent months, officials have said the plan is "completed" but that it would be released "when the time was right," making it the biggest elephant in a room full of them. In 2018, finding the right time evidently eluded the Americans. Trump himself vowed during the UN General Assembly in September that it would be unveiled by January. It now seems unlikely that the White House will release the plan with Israel heading into an election this spring, and many see a summer rollout as the earliest likely window. With the plan gathering dust, it remains one big question mark, with the potential, Trump-style, to one day further disrupt not only the US-Israel relationship, but also the broader Middle East. | |
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| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-01-01 11:47 |
| #2 Fired James Comey ☑ Suspended John Brennans security access ☑ Lowered income taxes ☑ Hired John Bolton ☑ Hired Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch ☑ Hired Supreme Court justice Kavanaugh ☑ Announced a modest 2019 pay raise for the military ☑ |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-01-01 09:59 |
| #1 Moving the US embassy to Jerusalem ☑ Withdrawing the US from the Iran deal ☑ Cutting US aid to the Palestinians ☑ Pulling US troops from Syria ☑ All good. Keep up the good work. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-01-01 09:45 |