What Would Trump Do In Israel — And Who Might Come With Him?
Image by Getty Images
By Naomi Zeveloff April 27, 2017
With news that President Trump may visit Israel as soon as next month, Israeli media is speculating about Trump’s agenda on his first foray as president to the Holy Land.
According to a review of the Hebrew press in the Times of Israel, the timing is key, with several publications nothing that Trump’s trip could overlap with Jerusalem Day, on May 23. That would add extra weight and symbolism to Trump’s possible recognition of a united Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Then, a week later, on June 1, the U.S. presidential order to stop the transfer the embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv will expire. But the papers believe that Trump will likely hold back on moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a politically explosive move that he promised during the campaign.
Trump could use the trip to express support for a Palestinian state.
The Israeli media disagrees as to whether First Lady Melania Trump will be joining her husband on the trip. Israel Hayom says she’ll be coming, along with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, but Yedioth Ahronoth says Melania will be staying home.
Contact Naomi Zeveloff at [email protected] or on Twitter @naomizeveloff
I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s award-winning journalism this Passover.
In this age of misinformation, our work is needed like never before. We report on the news that matters most to American Jews, driven by truth, not ideology.
At a time when newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall. That means for the first time in our 126-year history, Forward journalism is free to everyone, everywhere. With an ongoing war, rising antisemitism, and a flood of disinformation that may affect the upcoming election, we believe that free and open access to Jewish journalism is imperative.
Readers like you make it all possible. Right now, we’re in the middle of our Passover Pledge Drive and we still need 300 people to step up and make a gift to sustain our trustworthy, independent journalism.
Make a gift of any size and become a Forward member today. You’ll support our mission to tell the American Jewish story fully and fairly.
— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO
Join our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.
Only 300 more gifts needed by April 30
