title: presstvuk royals in bahrain amid crackdown
text: politics donald trump the republican candidate for the us  presidential election 
  gop nominee donald trump does not believe that settlements built by the zionist regime of israel in palestine are illegal his advisor on israel says 
  david friedman who was campaigning for the new york billionaire at a restaurant on mount zion jabel sahyoun in east jerusalem alquds made the comments to afp after the wednesday rally 
  i dont think he believes that the settlements are illegal friedman said 
  he also said the former reality tv star is tremendously skeptical about the socalled twostate solution promoted by the democratic administration of president barack obama during his eight years in office but to no avail david friedman l exiting the federal building with donald trump and ivanka trump r following their appearance in us bankruptcy court in camden new jersey february   photo via bloomberg news 
  the obama administration has already voiced criticism over tel avivs expansionist policies considered illegal by the international community 
  the presence and continued expansion of israeli settlements in the occupied palestine has created a major obstacle for the efforts to establish peace in the middle east 
  over half a million israelis live in more than  illegal settlements built since the  israeli occupation of the palestinian territories of the west bank a palestinian man searches through his belongings after his family home was demolished by israelis in beit hanina near the israeli settlement of ramat shlomo background in east jerusalm alquds on october   photo by afp 
  all israeli settlements are illegal under the international law tel aviv has defied calls to stop the settlement expansion in the occupied palestinian territories 
  guaranteeing enmity with tehran 
  some  people including extremist israelis and evangelical christians took part in the trump rally in on wednesday 
  friedman echoed previous remarks by trump saying the real estate mogul would recognize east jerusalem alquds as the capital of israel if he wins the white house in the us  presidential election 
  a short video message by trump was also played at the event in which he said together we will stand up to the enemies like iran bent on destroying israel and her people trump said together we will make america and israel safe again 
  according to leaked emails from march  by former us secretary of state colin powell the regime has pointed  nuclear weapons at the iranian capital loading