Is Trump really abandoning Israel?
April 4, 2024 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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Has Donald Trump turned on Israel? That’s the question some people have been asking in the wake of an interview he gave to Israel Hayom. Read more
Ex-Prime Minister Ehud Barak confirms Israel has nuclear weapons: Why it matters
April 5, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak broke Israel’s policy of ambiguity and tweeted his confirmation that Israel possesses nuclear weapons on Tuesday. Read more
How Benny Gantz killed Israeli-Palestinian peace
September 30, 2022 by Caroline Glick - JNS
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In an interview with Maariv last week, former Israeli Air Force commander Amir Eshel made several startling admissions about the role he and other IDF generals played in scuttling former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s most significant strategic policies. Read more
Trump-Netanyahu legacy eclipses rancour over phone call to Biden
December 20, 2021 by David Singer
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Former US President Trump’s unforgiving anger with former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu over Netanyahu’s congratulatory call to President Biden following Biden’s election win in November 2020 – must not be allowed to detract from or bury Trump’s self-styled Deal of The Century (“Vision”) released on 28 January 2020. Read more
Trump and Netanyahu: Allies no longer?
December 17, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
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For both fans and foes of America’s former President Donald Trump and Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the two leaders appeared to share certain features. Read more
Olmert goes in to bat for Netanyahu
December 14, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Former Israeli PM Olmert defended Netanyahu following former US President Donald Trump’s explicit remarks critiquing him: “Trump is pathetic, it’s crazy”. Read more
Israel’s post-American strategic challenge
October 25, 2021 by Caroline Glick - JNS
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A report last week about the discussions Israel and the United States are now holding regarding the Iranian nuclear program was nothing short of an earthquake. Read more
In addressing antisemitism, honesty matters
September 8, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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A couple of years ago after giving a speech, I was confronted with what struck me as a bizarre query during the question-and-answer period. Read more
Envoy will first need to root out antisemitism in the Democratic Party
August 6, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
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U.S. President Joe Biden’s choice of Emory Professor Deborah Lipstadt as America’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism has not been greeted with the unqualified approval that might have been expected for such an appointment. Read more
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