At the AIPAC Conference, Trump and Clinton Try for a Do-Over

“I didn’t come here tonight to pander to you about Israel,” Donald Trump said on Monday, at a conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, before moving on to do precisely that. “I love the people in this room,” he said. “My daughter Ivanka is about to have a beautiful Jewish baby.” In the course of his speech, Trump tried, for the first time since announcing his Presidential candidacy, to roll out his policy on one of the thorniest issues facing American leaders. On whether he would act to bring Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table, as President Obama has tried—and failed—to do, Trump fell on the side of a stagnant status quo. “The United States can be useful as a facilitator of negotiations, but no one should be telling Israel it must abide by some agreement made by others, thousands of miles away, that don’t even really know what’s happening,” he said. He added that Palestinian leaders who choose to resume negotiations should keep in mind “that the bond between the United States and Israel is absolutely and totally unbreakable.” Trump also excoriated the Iran nuclear deal, criticized the “weakness and incompetence” of the United Nations, and spoke of the “culture of hatred” festering among Palestinians.

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