by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation:
Miriam Adelson, the wife of the late Israel First GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson, is reportedly donating at least $100 million to Donald Trump and wants his support for Israel annexing the West Bank in return.
That’s according to a new column from the Israeli paper Haaretz titled, “Trump is Desperate for Miriam Adelson’s Cash. Her Condition: West Bank Annexation” (Archive):
After five months during which he refused to make clear his position on the Israel-Hamas war, instead sniping at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, thanks to [pressure from Miriam] Adelson [withhold donations], Trump finally expressed unequivocal support for Israel. However, according to [New York Magazine’s Elizabeth Weil’s recent article on Miriam Adelson],