The Western Wall

[KingSweden]

So apparently Spicer and McMaster may have said today that the Western Wall in Jerusalem is not a part of Israel...?

Not sure if true, but if so, I bet Adelson is thrilled

[Gass3268]

They would neither confirm nor deny, only stated that the Wall was in Jerusalem (no joke).

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/16/middleeast/western-wall-us-aide-comment/

[quote]
A White House spokesman later told CNN: "These comments were not authorized by the White House. They do not reflect the US position, and certainly not the President's position."

[ajc0918]

This White House is such a mess. Downward spiral.

[ProudModerate2]

And republicans were on their high-horse thinking that an orange-haired clown administration would have excellent relations with Israel (versus that of Obama).
Between this story and blabber-mouth trump spilling highly classified intelligence (from Israel) to the Russians, I'm sure the Israelis are very, very pleased.

[SATW]

This White House has continued Obama's "good" work in torpedoing U.S.-Israel Relations. I'm sure this makes some on Atlas giddy with joy.

But, all of this nonsense doesn't just hurt our relations w/ Israel, it also hurts our relations w/ other countries.

The Western Wall is clearly apart of Israel and the Israelis will not give it up in any peace deal. But, the bigger story is the Trump-Russia story. Him sharing intel that he got from Israel on ISIS with Russia.

The NYT confirmed that Israel was the ally that gave the U.S. this information, pretty much blowing their cover. Have no doubts that a Trump official leaked this. This shows that America's allies can't trust us atm.

* Azerbaijan might now be weary to share intel with us about Iran.
* South Korea must be feeling even less cozy with Trump.
* India could be hesitant to share important intel about threats in Pakistan now.

These are just some examples where some of our other allies may have jitters over Trump not being able to keep his mouth shut.