At least two officials in Donald Trump’s previous administration have warned senior Israeli ministers not to assume that the president-elect will support Israel annexing the West Bank in his second term, three sources familiar with the conversations told The Times of Israel.
Though the message was delivered in separate meetings and conversations held in the months leading up to Trump’s presidential election victory last week, far-right cabinet members did not seem deterred. On Monday, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declared that 2025 would be “the year of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank],” thanks to Trump’s return to office, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir last week said that “this is the time for sovereignty.”
On Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel’s next ambassador to the US will be Yechiel Leiter, a former settler leader who has advocated for annexing large parts of the West Bank and against the establishment of a Palestinian state.
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US could use elections to oust Zelensky Russian intel
The US is considering holding an election in Ukraine next year as a “legitimate” means of replacing the government of Vladimir Zelensky, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed on Monday.
Zelensky remains in power in Ukraine despite his term in office having officially expired in May. He earlier scrapped presidential elections, citing the martial law he imposed in 2022.
The US State Department believes Zelensky to be “overly entitled” and may organize presidential and parliamentary votes to remove him in 2025 despite the ongoing fighting, the SVR said in a statement.
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No ceasefire in Lebanon until Israel achieves its goals, new defense minister says
Israel will continue to strike Hezbollah until it achieves all goals of the war, new Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said during the meeting with the Head of the General Staff Herzi Halevi and the Israeli generals.
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Trump doesn't respect or like faggots.
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Zelensky is despised by Trump and most thinking Americans because of the corruption. He sold the lives of 2 million Ukrainian casualties for a billion dollars in bribes.
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Kristi Noem is a babe.
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