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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jason Burke in Jerusalem

Rightwing settlers in Israel welcome ‘dream team’ of Trump and his hardline appointments

Palestinian Fakhri Abu Diab and his wife Amina at their demolished east Jerusalem home.
Palestinian Fakhri Abu Diab and his wife Amina at their demolished east Jerusalem home. Photograph: Gali Tibbon/The Observer

Rightwing settlers and extremist nationalist Zionists in Israel have described top officials in Donald Trump’s new administration as a “dream team” which will offer a “unique and special opportunity” to expand Israel’s hold on occupied territory and permanently end any prospect of a Palestinian state.

Palestinian groups and leftwing NGOs in Israel have been shocked by Trump’s appointment of outspoken supporters of the projects of far-right Israeli activists and say the government of Benjamin Netanyahu has been emboldened by Trump’s victory.

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