Fatah official: ‘Criminal jackass’ Trump thrown into garbage bin of history
Senior Palestinian official Jibril Rajoub said in a recent interview that U.S. President Donald Trump, whom he referred to as a “criminal jackass,” had been thrown in the garbage bin of history, and that those Arab leaders that have normalized relations with Israel will share his fate. Read more
Trump will not let UN, PLO and Biden bury his Peace Plan
December 1, 2020 by David Singer
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The Trump-haters are circling Trump’s liferaft promising a comprehensive Middle East peace – but Trump can repel their determined efforts to sink it if he is not nominated as President when the Electoral College votes on 14 December. Read more
Palestinians sigh in relief after Biden victory: ready to resume negotiations and coordination without preconditions
November 9, 2020 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
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A sigh of relief and satisfaction, disgust for President Donald Trump and anticipation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s weakening, along with fears of renewed tension between Fatah and Hamas – this is how the Palestinian arena reacted to Joe Biden’s victory. Read more
Poll: 83% of Orthodox Jews would vote for Trump
If the U.S. elections were held today—three weeks before the Nov. 3 election—83% of Orthodox Jews would vote for U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a poll released on Wednesday. Read more
Trump triumphs as PLO continues to dig its own grave
September 14, 2020 by David Singer
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President Trump’s announcement on 11 September that Israel would shortly be signing a peace treaty with a fourth Arab State – Bahrain – and possibly several others very soon – has triggered a spiteful response from Saeb Erekat, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Read more
Jewish and pro-Israel groups welcome Israel-Bahrain normalization agreement
September 13, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Jewish and pro-Israel groups instantly applauded Israel and Bahrain for agreeing on Friday to normalize relations between the two countries—the second of its kind between Israel and a Persian Gulf nation in the wake of the United Arab Emirates. Read more
When rabbis should not keep quiet
September 11, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
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The former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, Jonathan Sacks, has come in for some stick over remarks he recently made about religion and politics. Read more
Trump vows new Iran deal ‘within four weeks’ if re-elected
U.S. President Donald Trump vowed that if re-elected in November, there would be a new deal with Iran “within four weeks.” Read more
How Iran illustrates the fallacy of social-media censorship
August 9, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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Israeli human-rights attorney and Zionist advocate Australian-Israeli Arsen Ostrovsky hit the nail on the head during a recent Knesset committee hearing about social media. Read more
Green light on Judea and Samaria is key to Trump’s re-election
August 3, 2020 by David Singer
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President Trump’s chances of winning another term in November could well turn on his publicly endorsing Israel to immediately implement his Peace Plan restoring Jewish sovereignty in 30% of Judea and Samaria (aka West Bank) after an absence of 3000 years. Read more
Who checks Twitter’s Trump fact-checkers?
May 30, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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Many cheered this week when they saw that Twitter had added a warning label to two of President Donald Trump’s tweets. Read more
PLO continues to denigrate Trump peace plan and ignore elections
April 13, 2020 by David Singer
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The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has cranked up its propaganda machine to continue denigrating President Trump’s deal of the century – as a joint US-Israel Mapping Committee is finalising those areas in Judea and Samaria on Trump’s map where Jewish sovereignty can be restored after 3000 years. Read more
Gantz faces moment of truth after meeting Trump
January 28, 2020 by David Singer
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Blue and White Party leader – Benny Gantz – could well see his dream of becoming Israel’s next Prime Minister on 2 March implode after meeting with President Trump at the White House this coming week. Read more
Jewish and pro-Israel groups, US politicians react to death of IRGC Quds Force Qassem Soleimani
January 4, 2020 by Jackson Richman - JNS
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For the most part, Jewish and pro-Israel groups reacted positively to the U.S. elimination of the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, Maj. Gen, Qassem Soleimani, in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq on Thursday. Read more
Netanyahu lauds elimination of Soleimani by US forces
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the elimination on Thursday of the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, by the United States. Read more
Knifing Netanyahu could sink release of Trump peace plan
November 27, 2019 by David Singer
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From most reports – Israel’s Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu – will soon be finished politically – forced to resign as Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister to defend three indictments levelled against him by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit. Read more
Trump on the Kurds in Syria: ‘They’re no angels’
October 17, 2019 by Jackson Richman - JNS
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria even as criticism points to the United States having betrayed its Kurdish allies in the region. Read more
It’s time to put an end to labeling Trump an anti-Semite
October 3, 2019 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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This July, Aaron Boone, the manager of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees, created an Internet meme when he launched into an epic and profane rant in taking issue with a call that went against his team. Read more
What Hanan Ashrawi really believes and says – in Arabic
September 5, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
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Hanan Ashrawi, a veteran Palestinian leader and a PLO Executive Committee member, has recently made the headlines following her organization’s connection to the planned tour in Israel of Democratic Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. Read more
Getting to the bottom of a tragic ‘disloyalty’
August 23, 2019 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
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There appears to be no limit to the sheer stupidity and reflexive malice with which people misrepresent what U.S. President Donald Trump has just said. Read more
In Trump vs. ‘the Squad,’ American Jews have picked the wrong target
July 19, 2019 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
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In the showdown between U.S. President Donald Trump and “the Squad” of four far-left minority congresswomen, Jewish organizations in America have overwhelmingly condemned Trump’s remarks. Read more
Trump reverses Obama-UN treachery on West Bank and East Jerusalem
June 19, 2019 by David Singer
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President Trump’s decision to back Israel’s claims to sovereignty in the West Bank and Jerusalem has resurrected America’s commitment to the Jewish people made by President Bush and Congress in 2004 after that commitment had been subsequently repudiated by President Obama in the last month of his Presidency in December 2018. Read more
Trump consigning Russia-PLO collusion to dustbin of history
May 2, 2019 by David Singer
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President Trump’s inexorable march towards releasing his “deal of the century” has seen his decisions on Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the PLO undermining 55 years of Russia-PLO collusion aimed at eliminating the State of Israel and establishing Russian supremacy in the Middle East. Read more
Trump should reaffirm core Bush-Congress commitments to Israel
February 1, 2019 by David Singer
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President Trump’s decision to reverse his partial US Government shutdown – the longest in history – could have important consequences for the release of his long-awaited plan to resolve the Arab-Jewish conflict – postponed yet again until after Israel’s elections in April. Read more
Trump must enjoin UN to condemn Hizballah, UNIFIL and Hamas
December 25, 2018 by David Singer
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President Trump should urgently enjoin the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to condemn Hizballah and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) following Israel’s discovery of four tunnels dug from Lebanon into Israel…writes David Singer. Read more
Trump stand shames UN rejection of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
December 5, 2018 by David Singer
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December 6 marks the first anniversary of President Trump’s historic and ground-breaking announcement to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the American Embassy to Jerusalem…writes David Singer. Read more
Trump triumphs as Oman and Brazil step up and PLO bows out
November 7, 2018 by David Singer
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Oman has broken ranks with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) by endorsing President Trump’s efforts to resolve the Arab-Jewish conflict…writes David Singer. Read more
Grappling with the roots of anti-Semitism after Pittsburgh
November 2, 2018 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
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As Jews around the world grieve for those who were slaughtered in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, the reaction of many in both Jewish and non-Jewish circles has demonstrated a refusal to acknowledge the true significance of what happened. Read more
Trump’s PLO shutdown paves way for Jordan-West Bank reunification
September 27, 2018 by David Singer
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President Trump’s decision to close the PLO mission in Washington, cancel the visas of the Palestinian Ambassador and his family and order their bank accounts be closed – mark the PLO’s final humiliation for condemning Trump’s proposed peace plan before its contents have even been published…writes David Singer. Read more
Trump is not an unindicted co-conspirator
September 14, 2018 by Alan Dershowitz
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During Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) questioned the legitimacy of the judge’s appointment to the High Court. Blumenthal said in his opening remarks: “The president of the United States who has nominated you is an unindicted co-conspirator…” Senator Cory Booker has also characterised Trump as “an unindicted co-conspirator”…writes Alan Dershowitz. Read more