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“Trump’s executive order halting immigration from seven countries for 30 days — for a start — is a reasonable response to the increasing understanding that people from certain countries can pose more of a security risk than people from other countries, even when all the countries are Muslim-majority”

GATESTONE INSTITUTE Immigration Priorities: Translators, and Victims of Genocide by Shoshana Bryen January 27, 2017 …In 1979, the U.S. Embassy in Tehran was occupied by radical Islamists bent on war with the United States. The Carter Administration ordered all Iranians … Continue reading

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#Trump’s #TeaParty revolution has been a long time brewing

CITY JOURNAL Our Tea Party President by Myron Magnet January 24, 2017 Pundits keep puzzling over what party President Donald Trump belongs to, since he emphatically is not an orthodox Republican, even though he sails under the GOP flag. But … Continue reading

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Attacks on Trump morph into attacks on Israel

ALGEMEINER Campus Watchdogs: Student Protesters Taking Advantage of Anti-Trump Rage to Attack Israel by Lea Speyer January 25, 2017 Campus watchdogs accused student activists on Wednesday of taking advantage of the rage being expressed against the newly instated Trump administration in … Continue reading

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US State Department to Ramallah: Funds are delayed

TIMES OF ISRAEL Palestinians say Obama’s last-minute $221 million payout frozen by Trump by Avi Issacharoff and AP January 25, 2017 The Trump administration has informed the Palestinian Authority that it is freezing the transfer of $221 million which was … Continue reading

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The Three-State Solution: “Middle East peace deal won’t succeed until there’s peace between the Palestinians themselves”

POLITICO Jared Kushner Needs a Wingman by Jonathan Schanzer January 24, 2017 Donald Trump last week appointed his son-in-law Jared Kushner to “broker a Middle East peace deal.” Mediating an agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis is a “yuge” task, … Continue reading

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#Trump will “lead a divided nation and lacks a popular mandate, just as President Bill Clinton did when he was elected with only a plurality of the popular vote”

REAL CLEAR POLITICS The Peaceful Transfer of Power — and Its Enemies by Charles Lipson January 22, 2017 We mouth the formulaic words but reflect too little on the political miracle that is the peaceful transfer of power. The enormous … Continue reading

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Palestinians (and Liberal American Jewish women) march against Trump

JERUSALEM POST Where do the Palestinians Stand on Trump? by Adam Rasgon January 21, 2017 Palestinian Authority police blocked traffic through downtown Ramallah’s Manara Square on Thursday to allow for hundreds of Palestinians and Palestinian leaders to protest President Donald … Continue reading

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Our Jewish Presidents, past and present

TIMES OF ISRAEL Obama, Trump and the dangers of a ‘Jewish’ president by Yossi Klein Halevi January 17, 2017 …A recent op-ed on the Fox News website predicted that Donald Trump would so vigorously defend Jewish interests that he may well become … Continue reading

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“As Trump vows to radically change America’s approach to the Middle East, Theresa May’s Britain and Malcolm Turnbull’s Australia defy international consensus on the peace process, irking Ramallah”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Brave new Anglosphere: Israel revels in fresh support from US-UK-Australia triumvirate by Raphael Ahren January 19, 2017 It’s springtime for Israel’s relations with the Anglosphere. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu loves to talk about burgeoning ties with the … Continue reading

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Rashid Khalidi worried about Jews who will be “infesting” the US Government. What do you do with infestations? You exterminate of course.

THE TOWER Columbia Professor: Pro-Israel People “Are Going to Infest Our Government” by Staff January 18, 2017 A Columbia University professor who has campaigned for boycotts of Israel said in a radio interview on Tuesday that supporters of Israel are … Continue reading

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