Posts Tagged: David Friedman
Iran Threatens Trump Ahead of Inauguration: If He Nixes Nuclear Deal, We’ll Surprise Him the Same Way He Likes to Surprise Others
Iran will retaliate if newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump nixes the July 2015 nuclear agreement, the Islamic Republic’s top diplomat said this week, according...
Iranian Foreign Minister: We Have Had No Contact With Incoming Trump Administration
There has been no communication between Iran and US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team, the Islamic Republic’s foreign minister said on Tuesday, the Tehran regime-aligned...
Will Trump Bow to Arab Intimidation on Jerusalem?
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Predictably, cataclysmic warnings are coming from the Palestinians, Arab leaders and...
Islamic Republic Official Says US Promised Sanctions Extension Would Not Harm Iranian Economy
America promised the Islamic Republic earlier this week that the 10-year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) that was recently passed would have “no...
Trump Thinks He’s Helping Israel, But He’s Actually Hurting It
President-elect Trump’s appointment of David Friedman (known for his support of settlements) to be the US ambassador to Israel; his appointment of Walid Phares (a...
Israeli TV Report: Trump’s Ambassador Might Work From Jerusalem While Embassy Will Remain in Tel Aviv
The next American ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, might work from an office in Jerusalem while the US embassy will remain in Tel Aviv, Channel...
Nuclear Watchdog Group: Approval of Russian Shipment of Natural Uranium to Iran is ‘Reckless Unilateral Concession’ by Outgoing Obama Administration
The news that the US and five other world powers have approved a Russian shipment of 116 metric tons of natural uranium to Iran is...
New York Times’ Tom Friedman Projects His Own Sins Onto Netanyahu
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman likens Prime Minister Netanyahu to a “dog” and a “drunk” — and then, with a remarkable lack of self-awareness,...
US President-Elect Trump: ‘Stay Strong Israel, January 20th Is Fast Approaching!’
The US must stop allowing the Jewish state to “be treated with such total disdain and disrespect,” President-elect Donald Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning, hours before...
Ex-State Department Negotiator: Everyone Loses From Obama Administration’s Abstention From Vote on Anti-Israeli Settlement UN Security Council Resolution
The Obama administration’s decision to abstain from Friday’s UN Security Council vote on an anti-Israeli settlement resolution was “ill-timed” and “ill-advised,” a former US State...
Top US Jewish Leader: ‘There’s Not an Antisemitic Bone in Trump’s Body’
President-elect Donald Trump “believes strongly in Jewish values and he’s a man who believes strongly in Israel,” a prominent American Jewish leader said during an...
J Street’s Hypocrisy on Holocaust Analogies: You Can’t Have It Both Ways
JNS.org -- J Street and likeminded groups are denouncing Donald Trump’s ambassador-designate to Israel, David Friedman, over a comment he once made comparing Jewish advocates of...
Wall Street Journal Backs Trump on Friedman Pick, Says Moving US Embassy to Jerusalem ‘Won’t Hurt Chances for Peace’
Moving the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem “won’t hurt the chances for peace,” the Wall Street Journal said in an editorial...
New York Times in Full-Fledged Frothing Freakout Frenzy Over Friedman Pick
How freaked out is the New York Times over Donald Trump’s decision to nominate David Friedman as the American ambassador to Israel? Extremely, to judge by...
