An Israeli commentator has accused the Trump administration of pushing towards a confrontation in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem that would lead to Palestinian and Israeli bloodshed.

Akiva Eldar, a commentator in the Hebrew version of al-monitor [al-Mūnītūr], said the participation of the ambassador, David Friedman, and of the US envoy to the region, Jason Greenblatt, in excavations under the Palestinian town of Silwan, aimed at launching a Jewish project linking it to the Al-Aqsa Mosque [al-Masjid al-Aqṣā], legitimized Israeli settlement and Judaizing activities in the most sensitive area of ​​the Middle East.