Trump says Israel settlement growth in Palestinian territories is 'not good for peace'

[DonViejo]

Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE



10 FEB 2017 AT 08:57 ET

U.S. President Donald Trump does not believe Israeli settlement growth in Palestinian territories is “good for peace”, he told a paper Friday, in his most direct comments on the matter since inauguration.

In the interview published in Hebrew by the Israel Hayom newspaper, Trump also said he was thinking “seriously” about moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a move fiercely opposed by the Palestinians. Speaking to the newspaper ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington next week, Trump was quoted as saying he was “not someone who believes that advancing settlements is good for peace”.

The international community considers settlements in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem illegal and says they risk destroying hopes for peace with the Palestinians.

Trump’s administration, however, has been largely silent as Israel has announced more than 6,000 new homes in settlements in recent weeks, in stark contrast to criticism from predecessor Barack Obama.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/trump-says-israel-settlement-growth-in-palestinian-territories-is-not-good-for-peace/

[oberliner]

1. Is there a link to the full interview?

Also - wow, you have a lot of hearts!

[librechik]

2. wow--never thought I'd say this

i agree with that idiot for once.

[randome]

4. I wonder if he was influenced by his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Kushner apparently almost succeeded in getting {45} to moderate his tone on Mexico and Kushner now is trying to push forward a Middle East plan.

I don't know anything about him personally but I wonder if Kushner is the most sensible of the gaggle.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]{45's} scorecard:
Muslim ban = failed. Yemen raid = failed. Approval ratings = failed.
Mexican wall = failed. Economic utopia = failed. Grade point average = 0.[/center][/font][hr]

[trc]

3. So....

What the hell is 45's message here? Fuck you Isreal, how about a hug? The orange dufuss is totally lost, dangerously, laughably lost.

[Drahthaardogs]

5. Ruh-roh... The nutters won't like this.

Next thing you know he won't be moving the embassy either.

[lark]

6. Lies!

He loves chaos and knows the Israeli settlements would exacerbate tensions in the area and lead to more fighting, military style actions and loves the thought of having the Israelis kill more brown people. He knows this isn't an acceptable stance, so lies about it for publication, but also got really angry when US tried to stop these settlements at the UN. That's the real Drumpf, not this sounding nice but meaningless BS.

[ElementaryPenguin]

7. Yikes! The Orangutan Emperor is RIGHT about something!! Where's the catch?

His pal Netayahooey is going to be extremely displeased. Bannon's anti-semite insticts actually betraying the far right?