Tag Archives: Donald Trump

“Jerusalem’s mayor slams Obama in official video, welcomes Trump” [VIDEO]

WASHINGTON POST In video praising Trump, Jerusalem mayor says Obama ‘surrendered’ to radical Islam by William Booth January 19, 2017 The mayor of the city holy to three world religions delivered a message Thursday to outgoing President Obama: good riddance. Jerusalem … Continue reading

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“Inadvertently, you, President Obama, made Israel stronger”

ALGEMEINER Goodbye, President Obama: Parting Words From an Israeli Settler by Yishai Fleisher January 18, 2017 Dear President Obama…I wanted to say goodbye and show you the respect due to a tenacious adversary. Many US Jews, and even a few … Continue reading

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“#Trump confirms he intends to use Jewish son-in-law #JaredKushner to try to broker an elusive peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Trump says he’ll tap ‘natural talent’ Kushner to broker Mideast peace by Staff January 16, 2017 …Speaking to The Times of London and Germany’s Bild just days before his inauguration, Trump “confirmed that he would appoint Jared … Continue reading

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Elections have consequences: “According to report in British press, London refused to send high-level delegation to Paris conference to appease US President-elect Donald Trump, who reportedly disapproved of the conference as well”

TIMES OF ISRAEL UK refuses to sign Paris declaration, warns summit may harden Palestinian positions by Raphael Ahren January 15, 2016 Dramatically breaking ranks with participants from 70 other countries, the United Kingdom criticized Sunday’s Middle East peace conference in … Continue reading

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“Trump’s Jews are scrappy businessmen and tough lawyers. They live in traditional suburban communities instead of hip urban neighborhoods. They are more likely to be religiously devout and have large families. And they don’t look or sound like the “us” of the leftist elite”

ARUTZ SHEVA Trump’s Jews and Obama’s Jews by Daniel Greenfield January 14, 2017 …The split is as real among Jews as it is in the rest of America. Trump’s victory allowed Jewish communities that had been shut out of the … Continue reading

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#Hypocrisy “If fashion designers can refuse service to the Trumps based on principle, why can’t bakers and florists follow their own principles?” 

NATIONAL REVIEW Dissent Is Fashionable Again by David French January 13, 2017 …You begin to see the silliness of the argument. Yes, Melania and Ivanka are women, but that’s incidental and irrelevant compared with their political identity. The designers aren’t … Continue reading

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Trump “may well prove to ‎be a turning point for Israel, reversing the tide of global hostility of the last eight years in which ‎the outgoing administration regarded us diplomatically as a rogue state rather than as an ally”

ISRAEL HAYOM Israel and the Trump administration by Isi Leibler January 5, 2017 …What gives us grounds for optimism is the fact that, whatever divisions may emerge between ‎the Trump administration and the Republicans who dominate both the Senate and … Continue reading

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Bibi to DC for Trump inauguration ?

JEWISH NEWS SERVICE Trump team wants Netanyahu to become first Israeli PM to attend inauguration January 2, 2017 President-elect Donald Trump’s advisers would like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attend his inauguration Jan. 20, the New York Post reported … Continue reading

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Memo to #Trump: A Five-step program for UN Resolution 2334

WASHINGTON POST Five ways the Trump administration can negate the anti-Israel U.N. Security Council resolution by Eugene Kontorovich January 2, 2017 …Of course, the goal of the Obama administration was to box in President-elect Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The most … Continue reading

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Moving US Embassy to #Jerusalem: “Conflict-resolution experts call this tactic a “burning bridges” move, which sends a clear, credible commitment to act”

WASHINGTON POST Trump’s plan to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem could help the peace process by Miriam F. Elman December 29, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and his selection … Continue reading

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