Posts Tagged: Donald Trump
Trump: Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital Was Pinnacle of My First Year
Reflecting on his first year in office in a recent interview with the Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom, President Donald Trump said that his official...
Why Trump’s US-Israel Honeymoon Might Not Last
President Donald Trump has taken two unprecedented steps highly favorable to Israel: recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and cutting funds to the United Nations Relief and...
Damned If You Do… and Trump and Netanyahu Are Certainly Doing
JNS.org - Day in and day out, two men—two crucial world leaders—remain under a constant barrage of verbal attacks. They are subjected to an obsessional, unhinged and...
Surviving Donald Trump: Israel’s Strategic Options
While Israel has always been determinedly self-reliant on core matters of national security, this posture needs to become even more explicit in the disjointed “Trump...
Message and Media in the Age of Trump
Earlier this week, I came across a remarkable article in The New York Times, written by its media correspondent, Michael Grynbaum. Using an interview with former White House...
Trump’s State of the Union: Right on Foreign Policy
President Trump’s first State of the Union address was not heavy on national security issues. It did, however, make one critical point: In reviewing the...
Trump’s Jerusalem Statement Shakes Up the System
A number of Israeli commentators have sought to reduce the significance of President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and even...
New York Times Editorial Tests Trump on Holocaust
A New York Times editorial urged President Donald Trump to emphasize Jewish victimhood in his statement this year for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Times editorial...
Jerusalem Decision Sends Abbas Over the Edge
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is having a tough time grappling with reality in recent weeks. Ever since US President Donald Trump declared his intention to...
Republican Party Has Lost Its Soul
As the 2018 political campaigns begin, perhaps we should pause and think where this country is headed under the leadership of President Donald Trump, and...
Comparing Trump and Obama on Israel and Peace
Eleven months into their respective presidencies, Barack Obama and Donald Trump each received their first international accolades. In 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded then-President Obama the...
How Israel Bolsters Trump’s National Security Strategy
President Donald Trump’s national security strategy -- as enunciated on December 18, 2017 -- reflects a realistic assessment of clear and present threats to the US. The...
Will the Return of ‘Jihad’ to Intelligence Trump Decades of Indoctrination?
President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy is set to feature the return words relevant to understanding Islamic terrorism -- such as “jihad” -- that had been expunged from...
Ten Ways The New York Times Jerusalem Editorial Got It Wrong
The New York Times greeted President Donald Trump’s recognition of Israel’s capital with an editorial alluding to the Christian Bible and calling for Jerusalem to be...
