Netanyahu’s Meeting With Trump to Set Tone for U.S.-Israel Relations
Netanyahu told that I have navigated Israeli-U.S. relations in a prudent manner, and I will continue to do so now,
"The earth will shake." The tussle between the two men is personal — Mr. Bennett would like to succeed Mr. Netanyahu as prime minister — and central to the longstanding conflict here: Mr. Bennett argues
that the time for a separate state for Palestinians is over and that Israel has an opportunity under Mr. Trump to significantly expand Jewish presence in the West Bank.
12, 2017
JERUSALEM — As President Trump appeared to shift closer to the political center on several contentious policies on Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested on Sunday
that it was unrealistic to expect their two countries to agree completely on all issues.
In his statements on Sunday, Mr. Netanyahu also said he had registered his opposition to appointing the
well-regarded former Palestinian prime minister, Salam Fayyad, as the United Nations envoy to Libya.
Mr. Trump has also backed off, for now at least, a campaign promise to relocate the United States Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, a move
opposed by the Palestinians, who would consider it a de facto recognition of Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem after the 1967 war.
But amid growing challenges from the right, Mr. Netanyahu said he was the strongest leader
to navigate the relationship — the nation’s most important, yet often its trickiest.
