Trump got $100 million from Miriam Adelson, and the rumor was this was in exchange for a secret pledge to allow the annexation of the West Bank.
If foreign actors are allowed to just pay our politicians for policies, why don’t Russia and China just pay someone to stop America from doing these wars?
Why would that not be allowed?
Israel’s far-right finance minister said on Monday he hoped Israel would extend sovereignty into the occupied West Bank in 2025 and that he would push the government to engage the incoming Trump administration to gain Washington’s support.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who also wields a defence ministry supervisory role for settlers as part of his coalition deal with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said he hoped the Trump administration would recognise an Israeli sovereignty push.
Israel’s foreign minister said separately that while no decision was made, the issue could come up in talks with the future U.S. administration in Washington.
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the spokesperson for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Smotrich’s remarks confirmed the Israeli government’s intention to annex the West Bank in defiance of international law.
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Smotrich has for years called for Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank, land Palestinians want for a future state.
At a meeting of his far-right faction in parliament on Monday, Smotrich said he had instructed Israeli authorities overseeing West Bank settlements “to begin professional and comprehensive staff work to prepare the necessary infrastructure” for extending sovereignty, according to a statement from his office.
He also said he would push the government to engage the incoming Trump administration to recognise such a move.
The MAGA narrative of “Trump is against war” has already shifted to “well, maybe he’ll do something good at home though?”
It’s possible. But historically, foreign and domestic policy have gone hand-in-hand, have they not?
What government promoted endless foreign wars for the Jews and then did good things at home?