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Saeb Erekat: “Now the United States, the President acts more Israeli than the Israelis.”

On the recordDecember 5, 2017
Now the United States, the President acts more Israeli than the Israelis.
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Saeb Erekat

Editor's note · Context

Erekat expresses that Trump's actions align more with Israeli interests than with a neutral peace-broker role.

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