US President Donald Trump said that the "Jewish state" had never had a friend in the White House better than him, noting that for twenty years US presidents had been preparing Israel without intention to fulfill those promises, "but I promised and kept."

In his speech before the National Conference of the Israeli-American Council "AIPAC", Trump boasted what he presented as the President of the United States to Israel, and said that his best thing was to withdraw from the Vienna nuclear agreement and "confront Iran, the biggest sponsor of terrorism around the world," according to his description.

"Presidents, heads of government, and kings tried unsuccessfully to convince me not to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel ... They were warning me that this would cause waves of violence but they did not happen," he also said, adding that recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the Golan "was necessary to support Israeli security."

Trump also condemned the campaigns of the BDS Israel boycott, asserting that his administration had taken a decision to consider Israeli settlements as not inconsistent with international law.

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The American President warned the Palestinians that if they continue to give money to what he described as terrorists - referring to the families of the martyrs - "we will continue to deny them our financial support."

Trump described his country's relations with Israel as better than ever, and said, "We must push the Americans to love Israel more."

At the end of 2017, Trump announced his decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and the U.S. embassy was moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in mid-2018.

And last March, Trump announced his support for recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which occupied large parts of it in 1967 from Syria, and to which the international community did not recognize Israel's annexation in 1981.

Washington then implied that the new Middle East peace plan would include a break in traditional consensus on major issues such as Jerusalem, settlements and Palestinian refugees.