What the Trump phenomenon means for 'Israel'
NOVANEWS
By Lawrence Davidson
Trump and Israel
On 3 March 2016 Chemi Shaley, the US correspondent for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, wrote an interesting piece on what the Donald Trump phenomenon means for US-Israeli relations. Here are some of his points:
1. Trump’s insistence on staying “neutral” when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian problem has not cost him any popular support. Both Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio have “sneeringly lambasted” Trump for not supporting Israel, but to no avail. Trump just “laughed all the way to the top of the Republican presidential field”.
2. Republican evangelicals are paying no mind to Trump’s equivocations about Israel. They vote for Trump despite this. “Evangelical leaders… are heartbroken that so many believers are flocking after the thrice married, d...