Donald Trump, the former US president, revealed that former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was a major "obstacle" to him to achieve peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
Trump, in a newly released interview, offered astonishingly frank views of Israel's leadership during his time in office, a day after he quoted him in a stunning attack on former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In the last recorded comments broadcast by Channel 12, Trump said he believed Netanyahu "didn't want to make peace. he didn't"; He allegedly prevented the Israeli leader from annexing West Bank lands ("I got angry and stopped that"); offered his positive opinion about Defense Minister Benny Gantz ("I think he wanted to make a deal ... if he won, I think it would be a lot easier"); and his evolving vision of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (“I used to think the Palestinians were impossible, and the Israelis would do anything to make peace and the deal. I found that not true”).
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The former president commented on his efforts to mediate between Jerusalem and Ramallah, feeling over time that Netanyahu was not really interested in a settlement.
Trump said that when he took office, he asked Netanyahu for overtures toward the Palestinians, raising the possibility of a construction freeze in the West Bank, but the Israeli leader often objected.
"Bibi didn't want to make a deal," he said, using Netanyahu's nickname. “Even recently, when we came up with the maps” as part of his administration’s peace plan, Netanyahu reacted with “Oh that’s good, good,” everything was always great, but he never… didn’t want to make a deal.
In other quotes from a new book, the former president said Netanyahu "never wanted" a peace deal, called Abbas a "father figure," and claimed he prevented annexation: "I got angry and stopped him."
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