Netanyahu pledges to promote responsible policies at Trump meeting

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



12 FEB 2017 AT 09:44 ET

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would present “responsible policies” in talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, signaling to the Israeli far-right to curb its territorial demands in the occupied West Bank.

Netanyahu leaves for Washington on Monday and will see Trump at the White House on Wednesday for their first meeting since the Republican’s inauguration last month, with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and policy toward Iran on the agenda.

During his 2016 election campaign, Trump indicated his presidency would be a boon for Israel and tough on Palestinians, after an acrimonious relationship between his predecessor Barack Obama and Netanyahu that included clashes over settlement building and Iran’s nuclear program.

Trump talked of moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, naming an ambassador who backs Israeli settlement on occupied land which Palestinians seek for a state and exerting no pressure on Israel for peace negotiations, which collapsed in 2014.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/netanyahu-pledges-to-promote-responsible-policies-at-trump-meeting/

[lark]

1. He wants his middle east war and this is how he plans to get it.

He will destroy any appearance of even handedness, let Israel complete the theft they started many decades ago, and inflame the Arabic nations around the world, leading to huge increases in ISIS and the world becoming much less safer. That way he can get a lot of new war toys (with a side bonus for himself of course) and maybe even buy some from Russia. You know he wants to do many favors for his boy Pootie.

[FairWinds]

2. Bibi and "responsible policies"?

How very refreshing that would be !!