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Donald Trump's Promises to Israel

<p>Relations between the United State and Israel haven&rsquo&semi;t been ideal during recent years&comma; but Donald Trump promises to change that should he win the election in November&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Republican frontrunner delivered a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee &lpar;AIPAC&rpar; on Monday&comma; promising to &ldquo&semi;dismantle the disastrous deal with Iran&rdquo&semi; as well as &ldquo&semi;stand up to Iran&rsquo&semi;s aggressive push to destabilize and dominate the region&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;We will move the American embassy to the eternal capital of the Jewish people&comma;&rdquo&semi; from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem&comma; he said&period; &ldquo&semi;And we will send a clear signal that there is no daylight between America and our most reliable ally&comma; the state of Israel&period;&&num;8221&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trump&nbsp&semi;calls the nuclear deal &ldquo&semi;catastrophic&rdquo&semi; for Israel&comma; America&comma; and the entire Middle East&period; While he didn&rsquo&semi;t promise to nullify the controversial deal&comma; he did say that &ldquo&semi;at the very least&comma; we must hold Iran accountable by restructuring the terms of the previous deal&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Echoing the sentiment of Israel&rsquo&semi;s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&comma; Donald Trump agreed that Iran should suffer immediate consequences for its recent ballistic missile tests that violated UN Security Council resolution 2231&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To support his plan of checking Iran&rsquo&semi;s growing regional dominance&comma; Trump outlined Iran&rsquo&semi;s support and involvement in worldwide terrorism&period; &ldquo&semi;They&rsquo&semi;ve got terror cells everywhere&comma;&rdquo&semi; he said&comma; &ldquo&semi;including the western hemisphere very close to home&period; Iran is the biggest sponsor of terrorism around the world and we will work to dismantle that reach&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The billionaire&nbsp&semi;then moved on to slam the United Nations&comma; calling the organization weak and incompetent&period; He explained that if the UN declares a Palestinian state&comma; &ldquo&semi;it will only further delegitimize Israel and it would reward Palestinian terrorism because every day they are stabbing Israelis &ndash&semi; and even Americans&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trump also threatened to veto any UN attempt to force its will on the Jewish state and promised to treat Israel like an ally instead of a &ldquo&semi;second class citizen&period;&rdquo&semi; The candidate&&num;8217&semi;s&nbsp&semi;promises are a stark contrast to the ways in which President Obama has coddled Iran and left Israel to fend for itself with his precious nuclear deal&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Obama&rsquo&semi;s relationship with Netanyahu has been turbulent&comma; not to mention his espousing policies have been deemed &lsquo&semi;hostile&rsquo&semi; to the Jewish state&period;&nbsp&semi;Trump&comma; on the other hand&comma; has known Prime Minister Netanyahu for years and has promised to work closely with him to &ldquo&semi;bring stability and peace to Israel and to the entire region&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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