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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29815074
“Israel’s” Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, a close ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reportedly spoke “with his usual arrogance” to senior Republican officials, detailing what US President Donald Trump “must do", according to Yanir Cozin, a diplomatic correspondent for Israeli Army Radio, who cited a senior Israeli official.
However, Dermer’s approach appears to have backfired. Trump’s inner circle reportedly told him that “Netanyahu is manipulating the American president,” a characterization that did not sit well with Trump.
The cited official noted that “Trump hates nothing more than appearing to be manipulated.”
Combine this with the fact that they’re deporting Palestinian protest leaders and writing “Shalom, Mahmoud” on the official White House post, (referring to Mahmoud Khalil) and constantly insisting that Israel means All Jews Always. There’s going to be people who are like “Well I hate this genocide and the way my government is funding it, I guess I do hate the jews.”
If they keep this shit up pogroms are going to make a comeback, which of course is good for Israel too, since it forces jews to run there and become settlers.
Stopping the aid and having Israel collapse in like a week would be a lot better for everyone, so I hope Trump is dumb enough to go for it.