Posts Tagged: Trump administration
Donald Trump Tells Son-In-Law: ‘If You Can’t Bring Mideast Peace, No One Can’
One day prior to his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump made an appearance at a candlelight dinner for donors in Union Station on Thursday, promising "four...
UK Refuses to Sign Paris Peace Conference Declaration Calling for Two-State Solution to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
In a dramatic development following the Paris peace summit on Sunday, the United Kingdom refused to sign a joint declaration calling for a two-state solution,...
Report: Draft Paris Agreement Calls Two-State Solution ‘Only Way’ to Ensure Israeli-Palestinian Peace
In a strong message to Israel and the incoming Trump administration, dozens of countries are expected this weekend to reiterate their opposition to Israeli settlements...
Alan Dershowitz: Does the Anti-Nepotism Statute Preclude Trump From Appointing Kushner?
The controversy over President-elect Donald Trump’s expected appointment of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a senior adviser raises serious constitutional issues regarding the separation of...
Liberal Jews Treat Rabbi Hier’s Trump Inauguration Blessing as a Curse
JNS.org -- Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center will be giving a benediction at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration ceremony Jan. 20. Liberal Jews are petitioning Hier...
Obama’s Unsmooth Transition
America's presidential transitions are critical to smoothly transferring power, but are simultaneously fraught with danger. Decisions by the departing president almost invariably affect the new...
Resolution 2334 And The Feral Pack
Most of the commentary from those rightly horrified by the American abstention on Security Council Resolution 2334 has focused either on the perfidy of the...
Conservatives From Around the World Convene in Jerusalem, Express Hope for ‘New Day of Truth vs. Political Correctness’ Under Trump Administration
JNS.org -- Conservative leaders from across the globe convened for a policy conference in Israel, where they expressed hope for a "new day" of "truth versus political...
Anti-Trump Boycott of Azerbaijan-Hosted Hanukkah Party Will Harm Muslim-Jewish Ties, Leaders Say
JNS.org -- The decision by eight Jewish organizations to boycott a Hanukkah event sponsored in part by the government of Azerbaijan could harm Muslim-Jewish relations,...
Trump Says Ohio State University Attack is ‘Tragic Reminder’ of Need for Tough Stance on Immigration
President-elect Donald J. Trump said Thursday that the stabbing attack by a refugee last week at Ohio State University was a “tragic reminder” of the...
Good Riddance, John Kerry
Every time a member of the Obama administration makes a statement about domestic or foreign affairs, one is reminded why Donald Trump was elected president...
Israeli MK Michael Oren Says Trump Administration Won’t Spell ‘End of Two-State Solution’
JNS.org - Member of Knesset Michael Oren (Kulanu), the deputy minister for diplomacy in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office and Israel’s former US ambassador, said...
Trump Transition Team Considering New Non-Nuclear Iran Sanctions
Donald Trump's transition team is examining proposals for new non-nuclear sanctions on Iran, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing congressional sources who have been...
Note to Israelis: America Is Not Racist
Since Donald Trump won the US presidential election last month, Israelis have been engaged in a heated debate about how the victory of the billionaire...
