Viewed as a Republican Party supporter, Mr Netanyahu’s position became risky after Mr Trump called for keeping Muslims from entering the USA and making controversial comments to a Jewish group.
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White House spokesman Josh Earnest endorsed Trump’s decision to postpone the trip to Israel and said “most people are relieved” that he would not be visiting such a sensitive region. But the situation in Israel is particularly volatile.
Trump has 35% in a new national poll from CBS News and The New York Times, followed by Ted Cruz at 16%. “This is a victory for Israel’s democratic values, the values that prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu abandoned in his insistence to meet with Trump”.
Twitter users in turn were quick to remind Trump about some of the most famous athletes in USA history, including Ali and Abdul-Jabbar, and they even posted photos of the presidential candidate posing with Ali.
Ms Hopkins, 40, also criticised a petition calling to ban Mr Trump from entering the United Kingdom that has almost 440,000 signatures.
Almost 60% of people polled said they viewed Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, in a negative light, and 27% said they saw him in a positive one, which was about the same as in October.
But Netanyahu’s office said he “rejects” Trump’s remarks, stressing that the planned talks were in line with the premier’s practice of meeting candidates visiting Israel. “Everybody is wise to what is happening, very sad!”
Six out of ten Americans (59%) say they have a favorable opinion of Muslims overall, but only 43 percent of Republicans hold that opinion, while nearly half, 48 percent, have an unfavorable opinion of Muslims.
A Dubai real estate firm building a $6 billion golf complex with Trump removed his name from the property and image following his comments.
Mr Netanyahu is ideologically very close to the Republicans and is often referred to by Israeli commentators as the Republican representative for Jerusalem.
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“We have war against those who are using ideas in order to create extremism and threats toward the whole innocent people of the world”, Mr Rivlin said.
