Since coming back to Israel, following my two week ” target=”_blank”>this article. Nothing has changed since I wrote it in 2014.
Time is not necessarily against Israel. We have been living in a so-called “unsustainable” situation for 50 years.
The threat of a one-state solution is a hollow one. Why? Because Israel would not agree to it. Because it would lead to bloodshed. Because it cannot be enforced.
Israel and Trump:
We don’t yet know what the policy of the Trump administration is going to be. Will it calm the waters with Russia as promised – or respond harshly when Putin takes advantage of his supposed mellow approach? Will he put pressure on Iran to renegotiate the nuclear deal? Will he be a hands-off president concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or follow his ego and make an attempt to broker negotiations and agreement?
Where will foreign policy be made, at the White House or at the State Department? By whom?
How many promises can Trump break? Can he forgo all the promises he made during the campaign – cancel the Iran deal, move the US embassy to Jerusalem, negotiate a peace deal – or will he feel a need to fulfil at least one of them?
Israel is going to try very hard to get along with the Trump administration. The statement made by the Israeli Ambassador to Washington Ron Dermer – who ” target=”_blank”>already wrote what I think: If Israel is pleased with Trump – and there is a chance that it will be; If a majority of American Jews keep their current level of hysteria on Trump – as I hope they will not – then Israel and American Jews will have a problem.
Israel will wonder about the priorities of American Jews (why they don’t prioritize Israel higher). American Jews will wonder about Israel’s moral character (working harmoniously with Trump?).
