Settler leader urges Trump to implement pro-Israel policies

Settler leader Yossi Dagan praises the Trump administration’s position on Israel, but says policies have yet to be implemented on the ground.

“We are very happy with the Trump government in the USA,” he tells a visiting delegation of Israel Allies Foundation in the northern West Bank.

“It is a very big change after the hateful years of Obama. But this change has still not begun,” he says. “I believe that there is still a lot of work to be done.”

Yesterday, Trump announced he will delay his campaign promise to move the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem until an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan his administration is working on is given a chance to succeed.

He spoke alongside Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely, who slammed Trump for delaying the embassy move.

— Jacob Magid