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Trump’s new NSC adviser McMaster speaks about the Holocaust

ALGEMEINER In 2012 Speech, Incoming National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster Emphasized Importance of Remembering the Holocaust by Barney Breen-Portnoy February 20, 2017 US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster has been chosen to serve as … Continue reading

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“Both Trump and Netanyahu aware they help their own political positions by strengthening the ties between the two countries”

ISRAEL HAYOM Settlement obsession loses focus by Richard Baehr February 20, 2017 …The Trump team says it is comfortable with something that brings peace. But something short of peace that is not war, something like the current situation, may be … Continue reading

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“The Obama Administration applied pressures only to the Israeli side, not to the Palestinians”

GATESTONE Trump: Palestinians Must Earn a Two State Solution by Alan Dershowitz February 17, 2017 President Trump raised eyebrows when he mentioned the possibility of a one state solution. The context was ambiguous and no one can know for sure … Continue reading

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“The ADL isn’t wrong to say that Trump’s missed opportunities to denounce hate are a grave mistake, since moral leadership on such issues is part of the brief of any president”

NATIONAL REVIEW Who’s Encouraging Anti-Semitism? by Jonathan S. Tobin February 17, 2017 …Those concerned about anti-Semitism need to lose their Trump tunnel vision and look at comments in a speech Representative Keith Ellison — the leading candidate for chair of … Continue reading

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“When they met on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin were both walking wounded”

JERUSALEM POST The Trump-Netanyahu alliance by Caroline B. Glick February 17th, 2017 …To a certain degree, Trump’s first month in office bears a striking similarly to Netanyahu’s first term in office 20 years ago. When Netanyahu was first elected prime … Continue reading

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Trump Derangement Syndrome afflicts the Kristol family (but not all of them)

AMERICAN THINKER Trump Derangement Syndrome divides one of America’s most prominent conservative families February 18, 2017 by Thomas Lifson Perhaps the single most shocking incident of conservative Trump Derangement Syndrome happened a few days ago. Bill Kristol, the Trump-hating founding … Continue reading

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David Friedman: “As Ambassador I will represent this administration’s policies not my own; and I will welcome all Americans, of every political view, when they visit Israel”

JEWISH PRESS Proposed US Amb to Israel Grilled by Senate Foreign Relations Comm by Lori Lowenthal Marcus February 17th, 2017 A US senate confirmation hearing on Thursday for the nominee for ambassador to Israel was unusual both in terms of length … Continue reading

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Bibi-Trump meeting: “Not only have the eight years of the Obama administration become history, even Bill Clinton’s era now sounds obsolete and detached from reality”

ISRAEL HAYOM Trump is good for the Jews by Boaz Bismuth February 16, 2017 If anyone had any doubt that U.S. President Donald Trump would be good for Israel, the press conference in the White House before his meeting with Prime … Continue reading

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“Much of the media is abuzz with the story of how the Palestinians are feeling sidelined by U.S. ‎President Donald Trump’s embrace of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu”

ISRAEL HAYOM Back to the drawing board by Sarah Stern February 13, 2017 …It is time to impose a little reality therapy on the Arab and Muslim worlds. Israel is here to stay, and it ‎cannot be negotiated down to … Continue reading

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“As confirmation hearing approaches, liberal group urges US citizens to up pressure against David Friedman”

JERUSALEM POST J Street Fervently Campaigns Against Trump’s Pick for Ambassador to Israel by Tamara Zieve February 13, 2017 Liberal Jewish lobbying group J Street has launched a campaign against David Friedman, US President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as ambassador … Continue reading

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