Posts Tagged: Donald Trump
Netanyahu Hails US Decision to Shutter PLO Mission in DC
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the US decision to close the PLO mission in Washington, DC on Tuesday evening. "The US made the right decision...
Why ‘America First’ Will Never Protect America
In the 17th century, English philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously warned against growing conditions of anarchy in world politics, conditions that he associated with a devastating...
Where Will America’s Rabbis Lead Us This New Year?
What was American Jewry’s greatest failing in 5778? If your answer is that our communal life hasn’t been sufficiently partisan or focused enough on the...
At Last, Some Moral Clarity on UNRWA
JNS.org - US President Donald Trump’s decision to end funding for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, brings some much-needed moral clarity to the...
Michael Cohen Guilty Plea Runs Afoul of Maimonides
The guilty plea of a former lawyer for the Trump Organization, Michael Cohen, was reportedly motivated in part by Cohen’s 83-year-old father, who supposedly told...
EU Pledges $21 Million in Iran Assistance to Keep Nuclear Deal Alive
JNS.org - The European Union announced on Thursday financial support to stimulate the declining Iranian economy. The assistance exemplifies the bloc’s pledge to maintain the 2015...
John McCain, Ex-POW and ‘Maverick Republican’ Dies at 81
US Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran for president in 2008 as a self-styled maverick Republican and became a...
Report: Trump Administration to Take Palestinian ‘Right of Return’ Off the Table
The Trump administration is prepared to announce a new policy that effectively cancels the so-called "right of return" for Palestinian refugees. According to Israel's Channel 2,...
Trump Slams Social Media Firms as ‘Silencing Millions’
US President Donald Trump criticized social media companies on Friday, saying without evidence that they have silenced "millions of people" in an act of censorship. Trump...
Turkey Says US Waging ‘Economic War,’ Lira Weakens
The lira slid on Thursday after Turkey accused the United States of waging "economic war" amid a bitter standoff between the NATO allies over the...
Trump, White House Deny Wrongdoing After Cohen Plea Deal
The White House pushed back forcefully on Wednesday against suggestions that a plea deal struck by President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen implicated Trump...
Jolted by Ex-Allies’ Criminal Cases, Trump Faces Election and Legal Risks
President Donald Trump suffered twin setbacks on Tuesday with two ex-advisers facing prison sentences -- and one of them saying Trump told him to commit...
Trump Vows ‘No Concessions,’ Turkey’s Lira Stays Under Pressure
The Turkish lira weakened against the dollar on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump said he would give Turkey no concessions in return for the...
Iran Says US ‘Action Group’ Will Fail to Overthrow Iranian State
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said on Sunday that a new Iran Action Group in the US State Department aimed to overthrow the Islamic...
