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It may look as though Donald Trump is waving a giant green light toward Jerusalem. Standing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, he jettisoned a cornerstone of the U.S. approach to peace: the so-called two-state solution, with a separate Palestinian state.
But this might not be so good for Bibi, it turns out. For years, American administrations from Bill Clintons to George W. Bushs and especially Barack Obamas have tied the Israeli prime ministers hands when it came to approving more Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. But Obamas hard-line policy gave Bibi a valuable bargaining chip. It let him get away with playing a two-level game blaming the White House for reining him in while enjoying the fact that his strained relationship with the U.S. commander in chief kept the Israeli far right from sinking in their teeth. I already have this terrible relationship with the U.S.; I cant make it worse, you could almost hear him reasoning to the right-wing members of his coalition.
http://www.ozy.com/pov/could-trump-lead-to-bibis-downfall/75640
nikibatts
(2,198 posts)njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)Last edited Fri Feb 17, 2017, 08:53 PM - Edit history (1)
and I hope he goes down for the shit he pulled on President Obama with his "Congress Speech"
GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)From everything I have seen, Netanyahu hasn't exactly been popular in Israel. It sounds like he has been on the way down for a while, and his association with Comrade Trump could very well be the last straw.