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Israel/Palestine

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5. Trump is already going to need the Arab states for defeating ISIS

Reply to karynnj (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 24, 2017, 05:48 PM

Jan 2017

and containing Iran (they are already largely on board with the latter with more mixed results on the former).

The Palestinians have a lot more friends in the Arab world in public than they do behind closed doors.

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Why the new US administration might not prove to be Israels best friend [View all] milestogo Jan 2017 OP

The US is not Israel's friend, states don't have friends. geek tragedy Jan 2017 #1

Actually, they do have ONE thing -- but it is a complete long shot karynnj Jan 2017 #2

I/P takes nuance, detail, patience and a healthy attention span. He lacks all of those. geek tragedy Jan 2017 #3

My point was that if getting that deal was a big enough win that he assigned career people karynnj Jan 2017 #4

Trump is already going to need the Arab states for defeating ISIS geek tragedy Jan 2017 #5

Egypt, Turkey and Israel have all fallen prey to delusions about Trump Mosby Jan 2017 #6