Trump Says He Will Travel To Israel, Meet Netanyahu ‘Very Soon’

As he concluded, Trump claimed that “I’m a businessperson, I get along with everyone”.

Donald Trump seemed to fail at both. And they booed him when he declined to state unequivocal support for Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel.

Trump said he was in a different position than the other candidates because “I don’t want any of your money, I don’t want any of your money”. “I want to remind you that Israel has consistently and repeatedly given up, given up, given up, and given up and gotten nothing in return”, he said.

Since mid-September, 19 people have been killed on the Israeli side in Palestinian stabbings, shootings and attacks in which cars or other vehicles are used to run down people or plow into groups of pedestrians.

WASHINGTON (RNS) Republican candidates tried to impress the audience by speaking of their commitment to Jewish values and Israel at the Republican Jewish Coalition forum on Thursday (Dec. 3), but some felt that Donald Trump crossed a line and trafficked in stereotypes.

And Ari Fleischer, who served as President George W. Bush’s press secretary and is a member of the coalition’s board of directors, attacked Trump’s comments about donors. “They are dead wrong, and don’t understand the enduring bond between Israel and America”.

Even if Israel does not have a true partner for peace on the other side, Israel must take steps on its own to provide a political horizon for Palestinians. Trump also touted his past support from the Jewish community.

The comment drew murmurs of disapproval. “Maybe more”, he added to more laughs and applause. “If you’re going to make a deal, you could make a great deal, you can’t go in with the attitude we’re going to shove it down your – you gotta go in and get it and do it nicely so everyone is happy”.

Numerous candidates addressed the shooting at the beginning of their remarks, though they differed on whether to call it terrorism.

The billionaire frequently calls himself a “self-funded” candidate. He began his candidacy by loaning his campaign nearly $2 million and has suggested a willingness to spend much more of his own money.

But then Trump elicited what has so far been the only negative reaction to something a candidate has said to the group. Several candidates blasted him from the stage.

The speech by Trump, the real estate magnate, was also notable for touching on Jewish stereotypes – with references to money and negotiating skills – that drew rebukes from some Jewish conservatives on Twitter but were received with some laughter from the audience. “It’s a struggle to safeguard the future of Israel”.

This is particularly true of the Iran nuclear deal in which the administration and its allies reduce sanctions on Tehran as it gives up the means to make nuclear weapons. I admire him for trying and putting together probably one of the most meaty, substantive speeches you will hear, and what he had to say is very pro-Israel and very good to listen to.

Details on the case have been kept under wraps by Israel, drawing Palestinian allegations of foot-dragging, while lawyers for the suspects said their clients had been pressured by interrogators to confess. Trump asked. “Do me a favor: Just relax, OK. He should know better, and probably does”. “I just want to”, the GOP front-runner said, declining to give a definitive answer.