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“Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that moves toward annexing West Bank could endanger Trump’s plan to end the Gaza war”

JPOST Netanyahu: West Bank annexation bill a ‘provocation’ to sow discord between Israel, US Reuters October 23, 2025 The recent Knesset vote on West Bank annexation was a “deliberate political provocation by the opposition” meant to incite conflict during US … Continue reading

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US State Department intervenes to prevent FIFA sanctions against Israel

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Trump poised to prevent Israel’s World Cup expulsion Erez Linn September 25, 2025 The Trump administration intends to prevent FIFA from banning Israel’s national soccer team before the 2026 World Cup, according to a … Continue reading

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The US-Qatar relationship is in dire need of a reset, and Israel’s recent actions provide a great opportunity to do just that

THE NATIONAL INTEREST Following Israel’s Strike in Qatar, Trump Should Reset the US-Qatar Relationship Natalie Ecanow September 17, 2025 Washington can’t seem to quit Qatar. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made that much clear when he departed Israel for Doha … Continue reading

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“The administration isn’t abandoning the cause of human rights. A reorganization will stop bureaucratic ideologues from using the government to attack the Jewish state”

JNS Rubio torpedoes the left’s anti-Israel stronghold inside the State Department Jonathan Tobin April 24, 2025 For decades, a group of so-called “human rights” organizations—in particular, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch—have been waging war on the State of Israel. … Continue reading

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Schanzer on Qatar: Why does everybody bow before this terror-supporting country?

COMMENTARY Catering to Qatar Jonathan Schanzer May 2025 …The fawning treatment of Qatar did not begin with the new Trump administration. Rubio’s predecessor, Antony Blinken, did it too. On January 19, just before the Biden administration’s departure, Blinken “thanked the … Continue reading

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“What new solutions has Witkoff come up with? The Obama ones. Negotiate with terrorists. Pretend they’re reasonable. Give them what they want. Act confused when it doesn’t work out”

GATESTONE Witkoff In His Own Words Daniel Greenfield April 17, 2025 Steve Witkoff, the real estate tycoon turned international negotiator, has become the subject of controversy with some conservatives attacking him and others rushing out to defend him…What new solutions … Continue reading

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“Rubio is alleging that some Senate Democrats oppose the anti-BDS legislation on substance because of the supposedly growing popularity of the boycott movement within the Democratic Party”

TABLET MAG Anti-BDS Bill Battles Up Senate Hill by Armin Rosen January 7, 2019 …While there is disagreement on the Hill over the extent of internal Democratic opposition to the anti-BDS bill, sources from both parties confirmed to Tablet that … 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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#NeverTrump foreign policy expert Daniel Pipes endorses Cruz

NATIONAL REVIEW Ted Cruz for President by Daniel Pipes May 2, 2016 …In this spirit, along with 120 others, I signed a Mar. 2 “Open Letter on Donald Trump from GOP National Security Leaders” that asserted we “commit ourselves to … Continue reading

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Ordinary Americans had an outside chance to get rich until 2008. Now they have no chance at all

ASIA TIMES Trump Triumphed Due to Downward Mobility by David P. Goldman March 1, 2016 It’s still a horse race, but only just: Donald Trump’s Super Tuesday victories in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Arkansas and Massachusetts outweigh the Ted Cruz … Continue reading

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