Tag Archives: Donald Trump

“The U.S. State Department has approved an Israeli request to buy eight KC-46A Pegasus aerial tankers”

NATIONAL INTEREST Trump Just Gave Israel the Ability to Attack Iran’s Nuclear Sites with F-35s by Michael Peck March 4, 2020 If Israel does decide to bomb Iran, the U.S. government has made it a little easier. The U.S. State … Continue reading

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Latest poll: “Sanders would defeat Trump with Jewish voters with 65% to 30%”

I24NEWS Among Jewish Americans, Sanders to defeat Trump by considerable margin, poll shows February 28, 2020 The Vermont progressive remains a divisive figure but enjoys strong support among younger Jewish voters. Democratic presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders is set to crush … Continue reading

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“The new criticisms of the trust built between Netanyahu and Trump follow revelations that two of Gantz’s top advisers have repeatedly criticized Trump on Twitter, even comparing him to Hitler”

JNS Challengers Gantz and Lapid attack Netanyahu-Trump relationship by Alex Traiman February 19, 2020 Blue and White Party leaders Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid are establishing their diplomatic credentials in the immediate run-up to Israel’s March 2 election with an … Continue reading

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“The poll found that 64% of Palestinians favor a return to armed struggle in response to the plan”

ASSOCIATED PRESS Poll finds Palestinians overwhelmingly reject Trump plan by Joseph Krauss and Mohammed Daraghmeh February 11, 2020 Ninety-four percent of Palestinians reject President Donald Trump’s Mideast initiative, according to a poll released Tuesday, which also found plummeting support for … Continue reading

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Palestinian security funding to be cut off in proposed US budget

JNS Trump administration’s 2021 budgets excludes funding for Palestinian security forces February 11, 2020 U.S. funding for Palestinian security forces was excluded in the Trump administration’s budget released on Monday for the 2021 fiscal year—the first time that a U.S. … Continue reading

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“If Netanyahu fails to apply Israeli sovereignty to the Judea and Samaria communities before the election, not only will he almost certainly lose the elections, his defeat will bury Trump’s peace plan”

JNS Israeli sovereignty and the future of Trump’s peace plan by Caroline Glick February 8, 2020 On Wednesday morning, NeverTrump propagandist Bill Kristol told his MSNBC audience that Democratic chances of victory over U.S. President Donald Trump will rise if … Continue reading

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The Deal of the Century: “Far more voices—including most individual Arab and European states—have expressed cautious support”

MIDDLE EAST FORUM Democrats, Experts, and Peace Plans by Alex Joffe February 4, 2020 Cutting Gordian Knots is a signature of the Trump administration, and the long-rumored “Deal of the Century” is no exception. At its core, the plan explicitly … Continue reading

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“Tel Aviv is, from the Muslim perspective, as much a “settlement” as any of the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. Jews cannot be legitimate sovereigns over either”

JNS Understanding the ‘deal of the century’ from a Muslim perspective by Harold Rhode February 2, 2020 Unsurprisingly, the Palestinian answer to the Trump administration’s historic “deal of the century” peace plan—as it would have been to any plan—was a … Continue reading

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“When you read the Trump plan closely, you realize it is a mirror image of the Oslo Accords. Rather than Israel being required to prove its good will, the Palestinians are required to prove their commitment to peace”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) The Oslo blood libel is over by Caroline Glick January 31, 2020 When Israel embarked on the Oslo peace process it accepted Oslo’s foundational assumption that Israel is to blame for the Palestinian war … Continue reading

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“Three years in the making, the “Deal of the Century,” President Trump’s peace plan, has finally been revealed”

JERUSALEM POST The ‘Deal of the Century’: What are its key points? by Lahav Harkob, Herb Keinon January 28, 2020 Borders: Trump’s plan features a map of what Israel’s new borders will be, should it enact the plan fully. Israel … Continue reading

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