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Lieberman: Trump's team asks Israel to only build within settlement blocs
Itamar Eichner and Moran Azulay
Published: 16.11.16, 16:51
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1. "Stop with the public jubilation"
Avi L.   (11.16.16)
We start to get some calls to common sense after the messianic election, "stop with the public jubilation".

Donald promissed everything to everybody, like any used car seller.

Now the car is out of the gate, you have to push it.
2. Too early to tell.
DemocracyRules ,   Canada   (11.16.16)
Lieberman is right about the need to wait. Trump's team are working very hard on many things right now, and their attentions are divided. Perhaps a better way to get an idea about Trump's intentions regarding Israel, is to look at what he has said before, and what his Middle East experts have said before.

Trump's main objective seems to be to put Israel in the driver's seat. Rather than fight over the steering wheel, the way Obama did, Trump's plan is to help when called upon, and shut up the rest of time.

Of course, Iran is different, since it is a direct threat to the US. So far the main things Trump has said about Iran is to keep the JCPOA document, and enforce the heck out of it, Or just rip it up. Actually ripping it up would be better for Iran, because JCPAO is full of clauses that could be used as a very heavy hand on Iran.
3. Rolling back to 10 years ago, how forward viewing of Trump!
Sally Forth ,   Israel   (11.16.16)
Right wingers really should have waited on doing that victory dance of theirs...they are about to get it in spades from The Trump! Team.

This is what comes of putting your faith in a man who is backed up by the Alt-Right. If what is about to happen to ALL of us weren't so sad, it would actually be funny!
4. Strange that Netanyahu needs a mouthpiece today.
Michael ,   California, USA   (11.16.16)
So, Trump people post it on Facebook and Netanyahu has it forwarded to Lieberman who is still learning languages. Lieberman has a Molovan translate the Facebook message to him and then he coins a phrase in Russian which cannot be repeated.
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