Israelis say Trump is 'so weird' he just might have a peace plan 'crazy enough to work'
When President Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in February, he promised to be the architect of a peace deal between Israel and Palestine that had the potential to be "bigger and better deal than people in this room even understand." Netanyahu was visibly skeptical: "Let's try," he told the president.
"That doesn't sound too optimistic," Trump noted.
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Another Jewish Israeli, Yakov, told The Washington Post that Trump "will try."
"Okay? Good for him. He's a very optimistic guy," Yakov said. "He's not the first, he won't be the last to try. I like him."
A Palestinian Muslim interviewee was more pessimistic: "He called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, so there's that," Heba said. "We are skeptical."
"It's a lot more complicated than Trump thinks," added Judith Turgeman, a Jewish Israeli. "It's been going on for a 100 years. We'll see."
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