The United States should not interfere in the Israeli-Palestinian Authority (PA) peace efforts unless both sides invite it to participate, Republican presidential candidate John Kasich told Haaretz in an interview on Thursday.
“I don’t think that’s our job,” Kasich said. “[PA chairman Mahmoud] Abbas is 80 years old. [Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu is trying to figure out what he wants to do in light of the constant violence. They have to figure out when the time is right. And then if the time is right and they ask us to be a mediator, we’re there. But I’m not going over there trying to pressure people to the table because it’ll fail.”
Kasich, who spoke to Haaretz following a televised Town Hall event at the historic Milleridge Cottage in Jericho, New York, confirmed his support for Israel and elaborated on points he made last month in a speech to AIPAC, including comments about supplying Israel with military equipment.
“I think they ought to have military superiority in every way,” Kasich told the newspaper. “Whatever they need. Aircraft. More opportunity to intercept, whatever it is.”
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