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jackk
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MadeAliyah,

Netanyahu was to blame for the ramat shlomo story It was a downgrading of the relationship with the US by embarrassing the US when the VP is on an official visit.

It culminated in 2015 when Netanyahu spoke to congress and worked with the Republicans to undermine not just Obama’s efforts to strike a nuclear deal with Iran, but his presidential authority over foreign policy. It was a tremendous insult to the US president. (And I know how much Trump supporters care about the Kavod that the American president deserves /sarcasm.) The effect was to politically polarize an issue that has long been bipartisan in Washington: support for Israel.

Trump in the past 4 years has drilled into his supporters that only republicans support Israel and that democrats are anti Israel. Biden has not taken the bait. He has stayed with the value of bi-partisan support for Israel.

If Israel makes moves to damage the relationship when a Democrat is President it will be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

On a separate point, Trump hired a person to create a peace plan between Israel and the Palestinians. He worked over 3 years on it.
Sadly, it never came to light , just like trump’s healthcare plan.