USA: Trump and Israel

Written by David Fletcher 04 Mar 2016
USA: Trump and Israel

Following Donald Trump’s ‘Super Tuesday’ win of eight US states in the primary contests, the question of what a Trump presidency would mean for Israel is being discussed. He told CNN, ‘As president there is nothing I would rather do than to bring peace to Israel and its neighbours. I may not be successful in doing the toughest negotiation in the world, so it doesn’t help if I start saying I’m very pro-Israel.’ Trump has also expressed scepticism over achieving a two-state solution, and said he would know within his first six months in office whether a deal can be made. His deepest tie to the Jewish community comes from his daughter, Ivanka, who converted to Judaism before marrying Jared Kushner. Meanwhile, Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan who has a long history of anti-Semitism, recently praised Trump for his refusal to take ‘Jewish money’ as Farrakhan backed his presidency campaign.

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