Trump targets Obama and Clinton betrayal of Israel

President Obama's attempt to disavow Bush's commitments was first orchestrated by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton - as this reporton 6 June 2009 disclosed:

Since coming to office in January, President Barack Obama has repeatedly called on Israel to halt all settlement activity in Palestinian areas, a demand rejected by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Israelis say they received commitments from the previous US administration of President George W. Bush permitting some growth in existing settlements.

They say the US position was laid out in a 2004 letter from Bush to then Israeli premier Ariel Sharon.

Clinton rejected that claim, saying any such US stance was informal and

...did not become part of the official position of the United States government.

Clinton – doubling again as Obama's attack dog – made Obama's intentions clearer on 25 November 2009:

We believe that through good-faith negotiations the parties can mutually agree on an outcome which ends the conflict and reconciles the Palestinian goal of an independent and viable state based on the 1967 lines, with agreed swaps, and the Israeli goal of a Jewish state with secure and recognized borders that reflect subsequent developments and meet Israeli security requirements.

Bush's letter never mentioned "agreed swaps" – signalling trouble for Israel if Obama himself were to confirm Clinton's latest statement.

Eighteen months later Israel's worst fears were realised when Obama declared on 19 May 2011:

The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states.

Michael Oren – Israel's Ambassador to Washington between 2009 and 2013 – called for Bush's commitments to be resuscitated on 15 January 2015:

... it's time to revive the Bush-Sharon letter and act according to it.

Others are making similar demands.

Trump is responding with his clearly articulated message.

Keep agreements made with your allies – don't ditch them. Loyalty will always trump expediency.

Obama and Clinton's shameful betrayal of Israel in this sordid affair seems set to be targeted by Trump.