Jews against the Trump Plan for Israel

It may come as a surprise to many, but a lot of the Jewish "settlers" — I know they hate the term, but there is no better one — are opposed to Trump's peace plan, which allows for Israel to annex a large portion of the disputed territories.  They see Trump's plan as too generous to the Palestinians. Despite the US proposal seemingly allowing for Israeli annexation of all Israeli settlements and the Jordan Valley, some settler officials have come out against the plan for provisioning space for a Palestinian state on some 70 percent of the West Bank. Many conservatives, both Israeli and American, are surprised at such "settler" stubbornness.  Isn't Trump giving the right-wing Israelis more leeway that any other American president?  By moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, Trump did what Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama would not do. Apparently, to these "hawkish" settlers, President Trump...(Read Full Article)
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