Tag Archives: Donald Trump

May 12 Trump decision on Iran Deal will impact Iran’s plans for Israel

FOREIGN POLICY Trump Should Block Iran’s Air Corridor to Syria by Emanuele Ottolenghi March 2, 2018 …Tehran’s brazen provocation may have been surprising, yet is a natural extension of Iranian efforts to transform Syria into a forward base for aggression … Continue reading

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“There’s no doubt that Donald Trump’s election initiated a major disruption at the State Department”

MODERN DIPLOMACY A New Era at the State Department? by A.J. Caschetta February 25, 2018 …Ever since the partition of UN Mandate Palestine and the creation of Israel, the State Department has promoted a grievance-based approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict.  … Continue reading

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Trump interview: Israelis and Palestinians would be “foolish” not to make a peace deal

ISRAEL HAYOM Trump to Israel Hayom: The Palestinians are not looking to make peace by Boaz Bismuth, Editor-in-Chief February 11, 2018 …I interviewed Trump before the latest escalation in Israel’s north, before Israel clashed with Syrian and Iranian forces at … Continue reading

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Bill Maher: “Why is it always up to Israel to come up with a two-state solution?” [VIDEO]

REAL CLEAR POLITICS Maher Defends Jerusalem Decision: When You Win Wars You Take Land, Palestine A “Coiled Snake” by Ian Schwartz January 27, 2018 On the Friday edition of his show Real Time, HBO host Bill Maher defended President Trump’s … Continue reading

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“Under Trump: the U.S.-Israel relationship has undergone a transition from a valued special relationship to one that’s seemingly exclusive”

POLITICO What Mike Pence Just Did in Jerusalem by Aaron David Miller January 23, 2018 …It turns out, too, that Pence benefited from the revised timing of the trip. His visit came just days after Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas, … Continue reading

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“Strangely, over time the number of Palestinian refugees has increased rather than decreased. As of 2017, UNRWA recognized over 5.3 million Palestinian refugees, a sevenfold increase since 1949”

THE TOWER Beyond the Money: A Modest Proposal to Remake UNRWA by Johanna Markind January 24, 2018 Rather than helping to resolve the Palestinian refugee issue peacefully, the UN Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) actually works to prolong it and promote … Continue reading

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For new US embassy, “State Department has settled on plan to convert an existing consular building in West Jerusalem”

NEW YORK TIMES U.S. Presses to Relocate Embassy to Jerusalem by 2019 by Mark Landler January 18, 2018 The Trump administration is moving faster than expected to transfer the American Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv by 2019, senior officials … Continue reading

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Trump admin announces UNRWA funding cuts

DAILY WIRE Trump’s Decision To Cut UNRWA Funding Is The First Step Toward Middle East Peace by Jonathan Greenberg January 17, 2018 The United States has taken the welcome step of cutting half of our planned $125 million in funding … Continue reading

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“Trump is commonsensically undoing, piece by piece, the main components of Obama’s legacy”

NATIONAL REVIEW President Nobama by Victor Davis Hanson January 16, 2018 …To many progressives and indeed elites of all persuasions, Trump is also the Prince of Anti-culture: mindlessly naïve American boosterism; conspicuous, 1950s-style unapologetic consumption; repetitive and limited vocabulary; fast-food … Continue reading

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The United Nations and UNRWA have “created a lineage of displacement, almost genetic, that passes from father to son, and from one generation to the next” [VIDEO]

ISRAEL HAYOM UNRWA – the great refugee charade by Nadav Shragai January 7, 2017 Finally, someone is shaking the foundations beneath one of the biggest charades, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Thanks to the twisted mandate it got from … Continue reading

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