Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 24/16 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 16.-31. Dezember Die Themen dieser Ausgabe Trump und Israel....................................................................................................................................................... 1 UN-Sicherheitsrat stimmt gegen Siedlungen............................................................................................................ 3 Krieg in Syrien.......................................................................................................................................................... 5 Medienquerschnitt.................................................................................................................................................... 7 Trump und Israel David Friedman, Trumps Anwalt und enger Begleiter im Wahlkampf, soll US-Botschafter in Israel werden. Friedman überholt Regierungschef Benjamin Netan­yahu politisch von rechts, wenn es um Lösungen für den Konflikt mit den Palästinensern geht. Nicht in Tel Aviv, wo die Diplomaten von Übersee seit Staats­gründung residieren, sondern nach Jerusalem, „Israels ewige Hauptstadt“, will Friedman ziehen, zusammen mit dem Rest des diplomatischen Korps. Damit lenkt er diametral in die entgegengesetzte Richtung, die Europa, die UN und de facto bislang auch die USA verfolgten: Jerusalems Status ist offen und sollte im Rahmen einer Friedenslösung zu­sammen mit der Palästinensischen Befreiungsorga­nisation(PLO) vereinbart werden. Amerika unter Trump, so versprach Friedman in einem Interview mit dem israelischen Channel 2 werde Israel stets „ein loyaler Freund“ sein. The U.S. is finally out of the closet (…) With David Friedman’s appointment(…), the United States has finally come out of the closet. From now on, it officially supports the establishment of an Israeli apartheid state between the Mediterra­nean Sea and the Jor dan River. Friedman is(…) the first declared friend of the settlements in this posi­tion.(…) From now on, we have an ambassador who will feel the pain of the Amona outpost’s evac u­ation and take part in cornerstone-laying ceremonies in every new settlement. This means the United States will no longer be able to claim that it is an honest broker. It never was one, but now the mask is off. In those terms, Friedman’s appointment is right and good. The Palestinians, Europeans and the rest of the world should know: America is for the occupation. No more pretense. Friedman is anti­Israeli, like anyone else who urges Israel to deepen the occupation. Friedman is a racist, like anyone else who pushes for an apartheid state.(…) Gideon Levy, HAA, 18.12.16 Trump’s Isr ael envoy should be persona non grata (…) More than anything, Friedman is an extreme right-winger and an avid supporter of the settle­ments and annexation to Israel of West Bank territo­ries.(…) His worldview is simplistic and befits a propagandist and a pr eacher, not a diplomat.(…) Friedman, according to his qualifications and state­ments, is not made of the stuff that produced out­standing ambassadors to Israel(…). He is one ­dimensional and one-sided. If the settlers had a state of their own in the West Bank, he might be suitable to serve as ambassador there, and maybe not even that, because his basic identification must be with overall American interests. He must also understand the security and diplomatic interests of Israel in general, not just the settler tail that wags the dog.(…) Friedman’s appointment shows that Trump does not accept this approach. He openly ignores aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian issue, give 1