Turin, 16 Sept. (LaPresse) – “America has never defended Israel. We haven’t sent ground troops to Israel since 1948. Israel may be the main beneficiary, but we are the main beneficiary. We don’t support Israel; we are its partners, and we do so in our own interests too.” This was stated by Mike Huckabee, the US Ambassador to Israel, in an interview with Ynet. Was Trump led to believe that the war with Iran would end with the collapse of the regime? “I don’t agree with the idea that anyone misled him,” he explained, adding that he had been present in the White House Situation Room when the decision on Operation ‘Lion’s Roar’ was taken. “I cannot reveal much of what happened in that room, because it is classified. Perhaps one day I will write a book. I can say that the President did not act under pressure from Israel. Israel never pushed President Trump to intervene. He did so of his own accord.”
Middle East, US ambassador: “The United States does not defend Israel, but its own interests”
Turin, 16 Sept. (LaPresse) – “America has never defended Israel. We haven’t sent ground troops to Israel since 1948. Israel may be the main beneficiary, but we are the main beneficiary. We don’t support Israel; we are its partners, and we do so in our own interests too.” This was stated by Mike Huckabee, the US Ambassador to Israel, in an interview with Ynet. Was Trump led to believe that the war with Iran would end with the collapse of the regime? “I don’t agree with the idea that anyone misled him,” he explained, adding that he had been present in the White House Situation Room when the decision on Operation ‘Lion’s Roar’ was taken. “I cannot reveal much of what happened in that room, because it is classified. Perhaps one day I will write a book. I can say that the President did not act under pressure from Israel. Israel never pushed President Trump to intervene. He did so of his own accord.”