Palestinians see US-Israel 'crisis' as temporary
According to Palestinian officials, reports of a crisis threatening US-Israeli ties are overblown, as the US administration remains committed to Israel.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Despite numerous media reports about a crisis in US-Israeli relations, Palestinians seem unmoved.
Although the US administration called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to work on calming the situation in Jerusalem, the latter did just the opposite on Nov. 3, when his government approved the building of 500 housing units in Ramat Shlomo, to US and European condemnation.
Palestinian officials agreed during interviews with Al-Monitor that reports about a crisis between Washington and Tel Aviv are nothing but a "storm in a teacup." This storm, they said, will quickly calm down and not affect the strategic ties between the two.
Ahmed al-Majdalani, a member of the PLO Executive Committee, told Al-Monitor that this is not the first crisis to erupt between Washington and Tel Aviv. But based on past experience, “The US administration did not and will not abandon Israel at all,” he said.
