Palestinian groups shocked by US president-elect’s favouring of outspoken supporters of far-right activists in the region

Summary

Rightwing Israeli settlers and nationalist Zionists are praising Donald Trump’s incoming administration, describing it as a “dream team” for advancing settlement expansion and undermining the possibility of a Palestinian state.

Trump’s appointments, including Mike Huckabee and Pete Hegseth, openly support Israeli occupation and oppose a two-state solution.

Palestinian groups and leftwing NGOs warn these developments embolden policies like home demolitions in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, as well as expanded settlement construction.

Activists liken Trump’s policies to a biblical realignment favoring Israel’s territorial claims, exceeding even his first-term pro-Israel actions.

  • FlashMobOfOneEnglish
    10•2 hours ago

    *Squatters

    Or terrorists.

    Both work in this case, but “settlers” is way too sanitary a term for what’s happening here.