Former US ambassador to Israel David Friedman says he will brief Trump on plan for Palestinians to be treated 'like Puerto Ricans'

The US has a “biblical” duty to support Israel’s annexation of the occupied West Bank, former US President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Israel argues in a new book, unveiling a plan for “one Jewish state" that he said he would share with Trump.

“President Trump has often said that he was indifferent to one state or two states - whatever the parties might agree to,” former US ambassador David Friedman writes in the book, One Jewish State: The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

“His goals always were practical and targeted toward tangible improvements in the quality of life. I believe that if Israel will support this plan, he will as well,” according to a copy of the book obtained by The Forward.

Friedman argues the US should support Israel’s annexation “based first and foremost on biblical prophecies and values”, saying that such a policy “hearkens back to basic Judeo-Christian values of kindness, human dignity, humility and prosperity”.

Friedman told The Forward he will share his annexation plan with Trump “at the appropriate time”.

        • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
          71·
          2 年前

          If you think letting trump win will convince Democrats to move left or will reduce the amount of suffering in the world, I’m not sure what to tell you.

            • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
              2·
              2 年前

              So you go online and sow chaos and discord among those of us who actually grew out of our edgy teen years?

              Humans are machines for making the world worse, I don’t expect anything different.

              So deep…

              • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                1·
                2 年前

                I’m queer, an immigrant, and disabled. Pardon me if I have personal experience that people don’t make the world better.

    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
      58·
      2 年前

      And we were promised Trump would be doing the Genocide that Genocide Joe is doing right now.

      Apparently crimes only matter when Republicans do them.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        2 年前

        No, he wouldn’t be “doing the genocide that genocide Joe is doing right now.” It would have been/will be far far far worse.

        Do you think the act of genocide only has two states, on and off?