Religious fanatics have hijacked America's Israel policy -- and its not just the evangelicals

[Soph0571]

The two senior U.S. diplomats were among the guests of honor, together with Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, at the inauguration of an archaeological tunnel in East Jerusalem that unearths a path claimed to lead from a ritual cleansing pool to the Second Jewish Temple.

There could not be a more apt metaphor for the Trump administration’s approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Trump’s team, led by ideologically pro-settler right-wing extremists, has no interest in conflict resolution. Rather, you could call their approach “conflict contribution.” They are intentionally contributing to the conflict by adding fuel to its fire.
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Follow the outrageous statements of Friedman, Greenblatt, and Trump’s policy assistant and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who nominally leads this team (though Friedman is the architect of the policy). Scrutinize their words and actions, and you cannot reach a different conclusion.

The three, with the ignorant blessing of Donald Trump, have in the past couple of years swung a sledgehammer at two decades of U.S. policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/religious-fanatics-have-hijacked-americas-israel-policy-and-its-not-just-the-evangelicals/|

When you have religious fanatics making policy decisions it is also going to end up in disaster...

[rampartc]

1. i don't know about this kushner group

but the evangelicals are not too shy to admit, that they want a devastating war.