Trump taps adviser Friedman to be US ambassador to Israel

[geek tragedy]

http://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-taps-adviser-david-friedman-to-be-us-ambassador-to-israel/

Over the course of the campaign, Friedman was outspoken on his belief that West Bank settlement activity is not an obstacle to peace and that Israel does not face a “demographic threat” to its Jewish character if it fails to separate from the Palestinians.
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Friedman stated that, based on his discussions with Trump, “a two-state solution is not a priority” for the president-elect. “I don’t think he is wed to any particularly outcome. A two-state solution is a way, but it’s not the only way.”

He also suggested that Trump would not apply pressure to Israel over approving settlement construction projects in the West Bank, saying he would not “dictate to Israel where it can and cannot build.”

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In a June column for the far-right Israel National News website , Friedman accused the dovish group’s supporters of being “far worse than capos.”

“The kapos faced extraordinary cruelty and who knows what any of us would have done under those circumstances to save a loved one?” he asked. “But J Street? They are just smug advocates of Israel’s destruction delivered from the comfort of their secure American sofas – it’s hard to imagine anyone worse.”

The transnational ethnonationalist fascist movement is coalescing between Trump, Putin and Netanyahu.

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

1. Think the Neo-Nazis will get over the Jew thing as quickly as the GOP got over the Russia thing?

If not, Trump is gonna have some trouble with his base.

[geek tragedy]

2. His base is mostly about hating Muslims.

Some anti-Semites are along for the ride, but they're more tolerated than embraced.