Trump says Israel ‘losing PR war’ in Gaza, should finish war ‘fast’
Al Jazeera
Former US President criticises Israel for releasing ‘most heinous’ videos of air strikes in Gaza.
Former United States President Donald Trump has warned that Israel is “losing the PR war” in Gaza because of the flood of distressing images coming out of the enclave.
In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday, Trump criticised Israel for releasing the “most heinous” and “most horrible” videos of buildings being destroyed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza.
“And people are imagining there’s a lot of people in those buildings … and they don’t like it, and I don’t know why they released, you know, wartime shots like that,” Trump said.
“I guess it makes them look tough. But to me, it doesn’t make them look tough. They’re losing the PR war. They’re losing it big. But they’ve got to finish what they started, and they’ve got to finish it fast, and we have to get on with life.”
Asked if he was still with Israel “100 percent”, Trump did not answer directly, but said Israel should get the war “over with fast” and “get back to normalcy”.
