Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman says he does not know the details of US President Donald Trump’s anticipated peace push, but is certain the plan will be “real” and “honest.”
Ahead of the US president’s Israel visit later this month, Liberman says the administration is “very friendly, and understands our issues in the Middle East.” Israel has “many reasons to be pleased” with the new US leadership, he adds.
Speaking at the start of the weekly Yisrael Beytenu faction meeting, Liberman, who is marking 72 years since the Nazis were defeated, links the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini with contemporary Palestinian terror groups and Arab Israeli lawmakers, saying both seek Israel’s destruction.
“Today, too, we see the bearers of Husseini’s legacy,” says Liberman, listing Hamas, the Islamic Jihad, Islamic State, Al-Qaeda, the Northern Islamic Branch leader Raed Salah, and former MK Basel Ghattas who was caught smuggling cellphones to Palestinian terror prisoners. He later adds Arab MKs who skipped former president Shimon Peres’s funeral to this list.
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