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Trump's treasury secretary is about to make a catastrophically bad move on Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY Hadar Susskind argues that Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary under President Trump, should cancel his meeting with Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Bezalel SmotrichU.S. Foreign PolicyDonald TrumpIsraeli PoliticsPalestinian AuthorityIsrael Hamas ConflictCeasefire NegotiationsScott BessentJewish ExtremismJustice And Democracy

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich at a press conference in Tel Aviv on March 2, 2023."
Huwara, Central District, Israel
"A Palestinian woman inspects her damaged house following an attack earlier by Israeli settlers in the West Bank town of Huwara, south of Nablus, on Dec. 4, 2024."

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