Echoing Israel, Trump Tweets UN Will Make Peace ‘Much Harder’

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By Dave Goldiner December 25, 2016

Donald Trump said the UN resolution that denounced Israel’s occupation of the West Bank would make Middle East peace more difficult than ever.

Echoing Israel, the president-elect called the resolution a “big loss” — but vowed to push for a deal with the Palestinians.

The big loss yesterday for Israel in the United Nations will make it much harder to negotiate peace.Too bad, but we will get it done anyway!

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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2016

The resolution, which criticized Israel for building Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian lands, passed 14-0 after the U.S. abstainined.

Trump has vowed to turn the page on what he has called President Obama’s lukewarm support of Israel — or worse.

David Friedman, the man he has nominated to be ambassador to Israel, is a supporter of radical Jewish settlements and has denounced American Jews who push for a two-state solution as “worse than kapos,” a reference to Jews who aided the Nazis.

Dave Goldiner is the Forward’s director of digital media. Dave is a veteran journalist who has spent two decades working at newspapers in the United States and Africa. A native New Yorker, Goldiner wrote for the New York Daily News, where he covered some of the biggest stories of our time, including the attacks of September 11, along with thousands of stories of hope and heartbreak. He also studied and worked in Southern Africa and has written for publications in South Africa and Zimbabwe. He holds masters degrees in journalism and public administration from Columbia University. Dave can be reached at [email protected], or follow him on Twitter @davegoldiner

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