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geek tragedy

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Sun Dec 25, 2016, 01:41 PM Dec 2016

Fearing more trouble with Obama, Netanyahu tamps down annexation talk [View all]

In other words, wait until Trump's inauguration to implement the one-state solution.


http://www.timesofisrael.com/fearing-more-trouble-with-obama-netanyahu-tamps-down-annexation-talk/

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told his party’s lawmakers not to speak openly about annexing parts of the West Bank or building more settlements, warning of the possibility that outgoing US President Barack Obama could take fresh action against Israel.

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In a closed-door meeting with Likud ministers, Netanyahu asked them to lie low until President-elect Donald Trump, who is seen as more friendly to Israeli settlement building, takes office next month.

“Don’t come out now with statements about annexing territory and building in the settlements, because there may be another international move (against Israel) before the change in the US administration on January 20,” Netanyahu said, according to the Ynet news website.


The incoming Trump administration is Kahanist and reckless in its approach to Israel/Palestine. Supporting Israel in the Trump/Netanyahu era is going to take on a much different meaning than ever before.
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