Trump: Israeli Settlements Complicate ‘Peace Process’
WEST BANK (Dispatches) – U.S. President Donald Trump has said the Zionist regime’s illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territories have "complicated" the so-called peace process and urged "care" over the issue.
In the interview with Israel Hayom newspaper, Trump also said he did not believe the Israelis, as well as the Palestinians, were ready to make peace.
Israel Hayom is owned by American Zionist billionaire Sheldon Adelson, a Trump supporter and a backer of Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Asked by daily when the U.S. would present its peace plan, Trump said: "We will see what happens. Right now the Palestinians are not into making peace, they are just not into it. Regarding Israel, I am not certain it, too, is interested in making peace so we will just need to wait and see what happens."
Asked whether the Zionist regime’s settlements would form part of the peace plan, he said: "We will be talking about settlements. The settlements are something that very much complicates and always have complicated making peace, so I think Israel has to be very careful with the settlements."
Trump’s comments about the occupying regime mark rare criticism from a president who has adopted a hostile policy toward the Palestinians while forging close relations with the regime.
About 600,000 Zionists live in over 230 illegal settlements built since the 1967 occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds.
In the interview with Israel Hayom newspaper, Trump also said he did not believe the Israelis, as well as the Palestinians, were ready to make peace.
Israel Hayom is owned by American Zionist billionaire Sheldon Adelson, a Trump supporter and a backer of Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Asked by daily when the U.S. would present its peace plan, Trump said: "We will see what happens. Right now the Palestinians are not into making peace, they are just not into it. Regarding Israel, I am not certain it, too, is interested in making peace so we will just need to wait and see what happens."
Asked whether the Zionist regime’s settlements would form part of the peace plan, he said: "We will be talking about settlements. The settlements are something that very much complicates and always have complicated making peace, so I think Israel has to be very careful with the settlements."
Trump’s comments about the occupying regime mark rare criticism from a president who has adopted a hostile policy toward the Palestinians while forging close relations with the regime.
About 600,000 Zionists live in over 230 illegal settlements built since the 1967 occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds.