/home/wpurdemo/resistancesuffolk/wp-content/mu-plugins Comments on: Israel, Donald Trump & Lee Zeldin https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2017/02/14/israel-donald-trump-lee-zeldin/ A collection of writings dealing with current US & Long Island politics Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:26:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: GAle Fieldman https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2017/02/14/israel-donald-trump-lee-zeldin/#comment-82 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:26:39 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2017/02/14/israel-donald-trump-lee-zeldin/#comment-82 Excellent analysis. Gale

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By: D. Posnett MD https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2017/02/14/israel-donald-trump-lee-zeldin/#comment-83 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:26:39 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2017/02/14/israel-donald-trump-lee-zeldin/#comment-83 related content: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/donald-trump-netanyahu-israel-214769
Why Trump’s Love Affair With Netanyahu Won’t Last
POLITICO
These two men are destined to clash. Bet on it.

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By: D. Posnett MD https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2017/02/14/israel-donald-trump-lee-zeldin/#comment-84 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:26:39 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2017/02/14/israel-donald-trump-lee-zeldin/#comment-84 I have been thinking about Lee Zeldin’s ties with right wing Israeli groups. Three aggressive moves are early indications by Trump/Zeldin of where they are heading: 1) Annexation of arab properties, 2) moving the capital from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and 3) the aftermath of Obama declining to veto the anti-Israeli resolution of the UN.

I don’t know where Kushner stands on these issues but I guess he too is behind this? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/11/us/politics/jared-kushner-israel.html?_r=0

Zeldin, has visited Israel and sides with the right wingers in Isreal. But the Israeli political landscape is complicated and includes something like 11 parties! http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/03/economist-explains-11

The Economist explains The evolution of Israeli politics
very well: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.economist.com_blogs_economist-2Dexplains_2015_03_economist-2Dexplains-2D11&d=DwMGaQ&c=lb62iw4YL4RFalcE2hQUQealT9-RXrryqt9KZX2qu2s&r=uN4MDH6hqNNQdKoJvioAaoSINnSvQuCUBQO-l_ngdQs&m=8MKq3rO0N2AAhd8nIQOYDMKhw2TZMEvTUNrGuMXBgKs&s=2RapWV1fsP5JXBEFDH-79MVsEnscg4VkWExMyB4BSRk&e=

There are of course the US-based Jewish groups where the infighting rivals the Knesset. I have one question: Does Zeldin take money from Sheldon Adelson?

I think this is important because your average American voter has reduced the issue to “pro-Israel or against Israel”. And so Americans are lining up all too often with the Israeli right wing parties and they don’t even know it! Nor do they understand the goals of those right-wing groups in Israel or the danger of another war in the Middle East.

I think your average Zeldin voter on Long Island is completely unaware of how Trump/Zeldin may be dragging us into a foreign quagmire that certainly is not a priority for Suffolk county voters. However, I quote a friend who said: “the average Trump/Zeldin voter in CD1 doesn’t give a shit”. Perhaps, when Zeldin visits Israel, the line should be “get you ass back home, you were not elected to solve Israel’s problems, you were elected to make CD1 great again!” But maybe it’s those Adelson dollars he is really after?

David

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By: mikeann919 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2017/02/14/israel-donald-trump-lee-zeldin/#comment-85 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:26:39 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2017/02/14/israel-donald-trump-lee-zeldin/#comment-85 Very interesting. I had no idea that so much $ flowed to Israel from our 2 major coast states. I share your pessimism about a two-state solution.

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