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Trump-Kim summit: good news for Palestinian peace or bad news for US allies?

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Published: 14 June 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

As Israeli Labor leader Gabbay claims the handshake signals peace is possible with Palestinians, Iran warns deal may be cancelled and others point to Trump’s instinct for selling out allies

Labor’s Gabbay: Trump-Kim summit signals peace with Palestinians possible (Times of Israel)
Opposition party leader hails US-North Korea rapprochement; right-wing ministers say it shows Iran's nuclear program can be dismantled

Iran warns North Korea: Trump could cancel deal before getting home (Middle-East Eye)
Iran cites its own experience in offering advice to Kim a month after Washington withdrew from similar deal with Tehran

With North Korea, Trump just proved how easily he’ll sell out America’s allies (Haaretz)
Long-standing alliances? Disposable. The entire international security order? Expendable. The lesson for Netanyahu and U.S. allies in the Gulf is that the only Trump foreign policy doctrine is: 'What’s in it for me?'

Photo: Kim and Trump shake hands in Sentosa, Singapore, June 1 (Saul Loeb/AP)
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