20.05.2017 - 12:02 [ Haaretz / webcache.googleusercontent.com ]

Behind the Scenes of the Trump Administration‘s Tug-of-war Over the Israel Embassy Move

According to several people familiar with the administration’s internal debates – both in Israel and America, all of whom asked to remain anonymous – the group urging Trump to refuse to sign the waiver and finally move the embassy is headed by Bannon himself. A number of these sources told Haaretz that Bannon doesn’t see the embassy move as a promise by Trump to Israel, but as a promise to the president’s right-wing nationalist base that put him in the White House.