Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that Israeli officials 'played' President Trump in their conversations with him, warning that a 'healthy amount of skepticism' is needed in dealings with Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that Israeli officials "played" President Donald Trump in their conversations with him, warning that a "healthy amount of skepticism" is needed in dealings with Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
The comments came during a panel discussion at Harvard University in which Tillerson, who was fired by the president last year, touched on a variety of themes from his tenure, including Iran, his hiring freeze at the State Department and the unpredictable nature of Israel's longest-serving prime minister, Netanyahu.
Benny Gantz, who leads the Blue and White Party, said he's open to a coalition government but not a power-sharing agreement with Netanyahu. Tillerson said Wednesday that he supported during his tenure a two-state solution to the long-running conflict between Israel and Palestine, a plan that would put him"I did believe that we were at a moment in time where perhaps we could chart a way where the Arab world could support an outcome that the Palestinians might not think was perfect — and in the past, if it wasn’t perfect, it didn’t happen — but with enough encouragement, pressure from the Arab world, that we could get it close...
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