Trump needs to repeat this part of his 2016 message loudly and clearly in Israel:
… your friends need to know that you will stick by the agreements that you have with them. You've made that agreement, you have to stand by it and the world will be a better place.
Sticking by the Bush/Congress commitments will sound a clear warning to the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Arab League that PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas will become irrelevant if he continues to:
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- press for a complete withdrawal by Israel from Judea and Samaria (West Bank)
- refuse to accept Israel as the nation State of the Jewish people
- maintain a claimed right of return to Israel for millions of refugees and their descendants contradicting the unequivocal terms of the Bush/Congress Commitments.
Trump - as only he can - has put Abbas on notice this could well happen:
We have to look to new people because many of the old people frankly don't know what they're doing, even though they may look awfully good writing in The New York Times or being watched on television.
Bipartisan Congressional support will welcome Trump honouring the Bush/Congress Commitments - confirming Trump's bold vision:
We need a new rational American foreign policy, informed by the best minds and supported by both parties, and it will be by both parties - Democrats, Republicans, independents, everybody, as well as by our close allies.
Integrity always trumps betrayal.
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