Trump visits the Kotel
President Donald Trump arrived in Israel shortly after noon on Monday on the second stop of his first foreign trip as president.
The two-day visit there will include private meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a wreath-laying at the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem and a visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Trump touched down in Tel Aviv around 12:30 p.m. local time and was greeted by Prime Minister Netanyahu, his wife Sarah Netanyahu, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nehama Rivlin for the official welcome ceremony.
“On my first trip overseas as president, I have come to the sacred and ancient land to reaffirm the unbreakable bond between the United States and the state of Israel,” President Trump said, delivering remarks on the tarmac of Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport upon his arrival.
“We have before us a rare opportunity to bring security and stability and peace to this region and to its people, defeating terrorism and creating a future of harmony, prosperity and peace. But we can only get there working together.”
The president will not during his visit announce any move of the United States embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, according to a senior White House official who cautioned that it’s not the right time for such a pronouncement as the administration is focusing on brokering a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians.
Moving the embassy had been a campaign promise of Trump’s going back to the Republican primary campaign. As early as a March 2016 speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Trump vowed, “We will move the American embassy to the eternal capital of the Jewish people, Jerusalem.”
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What you said here; “…but its gets very dangerous when you have 2 right wing leaders promoting left wing fantasies. ” Is precisely why neither of them is a ‘right winger’. At least they are not, what in America, would be a conservative. Conservatives would never ever do anything like that. It’s like saying someone is honest, he just steals from people and lies about it. Then he’s not honest, by definition. Same with being a conservative. In America either a person follows Americans founding documents (Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independents) and supports all the Amendments, or they… Read more »
You said it right, Schoyach!
…but its gets very dangerous when you have 2 right wing leaders promoting left wing fantasies. Just like Sharon when he evacuated gaza, he got full support from all the left parties so will be with Netanyahu and Trump the democrats will also support a ‘peace’ deal which will lead only to more bloodshed and destruction. It is unbelieveable how common sense is thrown out the window once you get in office. Its a shame as Trump loves Israel but will be forced to do the wrong thing, same as Begin was. Better the US should let Israel build all… Read more »
For the suit comment…. he looks like a jew he dont need to pretend he is a bussines man
I just looked at various pictures of Trump in other situations, with world leaders and signing documents and posing with other people.
More often then not, he has the same kind of expressions he shoes in some of these pictures.
I think that is just how he is, and do not think he is showing a worse face regarding Israel or Jews, then he does in general.
facial expression often doesn’t look too enthusiastic.
Have the Saudis voted against Israel, in the U.N?
Have they supported with words, or financially, any of those who have supported or perpetrated terrorism against Israel?
I’d be surprised if they have never done any of that.
The guy in the white beard is Suli Eliav, director of the Western Wall heritage foundation. Can you get him a suit?
Same old phoney baloney stuff: All talk, no substance. Same political nonsense: brokering a “peace deal”. Moving the embassy? man dechar sh’meih?
Just saying…
l can see the need to first bring the warring parties together and then move the am, don’t worry hashem runs the world
Moshiach Now!
according to the news he signed a $110 billion arms deal with the arabs just prior to his visit????
It is so beautiful to see president trump👱🏽visiting Israel!✡
Let’s daven that’ll strengthen the bond between the United States and Israel. Trump looks so cute with a kippa😄.
May hashem guide president trump to do the right thing for Israel 🇮🇱
To announce Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, moving the u.s. Embassy there, etc
Who is the Rabbi with the white beard
this makes me so happy
So cool, lets hope it all goes great