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“Why the new Commander-in-Chief has few good options for rebuilding the Middle East order that Obama negotiated away”

TABLET MAG Trump’s Iran Deal Trap: ‘Renegotiation’ vs. ‘Enforcement’ by Lee Smith December 20, 2016 Forget China and underwater drones, forget Russian hacks and leaks, because it’s all a sideshow: America’s big-ticket foreign-policy issue is still the Iran deal. Donald … Continue reading

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State Department Arabists “have been more systematically wrong than any other area of specialists in the diplomatic corps. This is because Arabists not only take on the cause of the Arabs, but also the Arabs’ tendency for self-delusion”

THE HILL Failed diplomat Kurtzer attacks America’s newest ambassador to Israel by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach December 20, 2016 A predictable pattern has emerged over the last several decades of U.S. Middle East policy. The State Department will urge the president … Continue reading

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Israel: A preview of likely Trump policies

TRUMP ISRAEL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Joint Statement from Jason Dov Greenblatt and David Friedman, Co-Chairmen November 2, 2016 It has been an exhilarating election cycle. Approximately seven months ago, we were blessed to have been tapped by Donald J. Trump to … Continue reading

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“In clandestine visit, head of Mossad and security delegation organized by Netanyahu travelled to US to meet with President-elect Trump’s staff and brief him on security issues”

YNET Mossad chief and security delegation meet with Trump team by Itamar Eichner and Tzipi Shmilovitz December 17, 2016 Director of the Mossad, Yossi Cohen, clandestinely visited the United States to meet with President-elect Donald Trump’s staff and brief them … Continue reading

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“All one needs to know to understand Palestinian intentions ‎is their decades of commitment to “resistance,” better described as violence and ‎terrorist attacks against Jews to keep the pressure pot boiling”

ISRAEL HAYOM Draining the swamp by Richard Baehr December 19, 2016 In the final months of the presidential campaign, a popular refrain at Donald Trump rallies, ‎second only perhaps to “Lock Her Up,” was “Drain the Swamp.” The chant ‎ostensibly … Continue reading

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“The Founding Fathers got it right, and California is proof” [VIDEO]

MARKET WATCH Hillary Clinton supporters need to quit whining about the Electoral College by James E. Campbell December 19, 2016 Shocked and appalled by the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency, some supporters of Hillary Clinton have turned to minimizing … Continue reading

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The outrage continues…now over David Friedman who doesn’t think much of the #TwoStateSolution

COMMENTARY The Foolish Coming War on David Friedman by John Podhoretz December 16, 2016 …Other arguments will be advanced against [Friedman’s] nomination, like the fact that Friedman has no diplomatic experience. This is disingenuous. Every administration appoints ambassadors with no diplomatic experience, … Continue reading

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#Krauthammer “Pruitt’s nomination is a dramatic test of the proposition that agencies administer the law, they don’t create it”

WASHINGTON POST The Trump Cabinet: Bonfire of the agencies by Charles Krauthammer December 15, 2016 …[Scott] Pruitt has been deemed unfit to serve because he fails liberalism’s modern-day religious test: belief in anthropogenic climate change. They would love to turn … Continue reading

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#Trump will nominate attorney David Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel. “Friedman: I look forward to serving from Jerusalem” [VIDEO]

ARUTZ SHEVA Trump taps Israel advisor as next ambassador to Israel by Elad Benari December 16, 2016 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate attorney David Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel, the transition team said in a statement on Thursday, … Continue reading

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#Palestinian poll: Asked whether the PA president should resign, 64% said yes

JERUSALEM POST Poll: Majority of Palestinians want Trump to stay out of peace process by Adam Rasgon December 14, 2016 A majority of Palestinians, 53%, want US President-elect Donald Trump to stay out of the peace process, a public opinion … Continue reading

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