Posts Tagged: Trump Israel
Waiting Out Trump?
The headline in the February 5 Washington Post, “Europe’s strategy on Trump: Hope for no second term,” captured the sentiment of not only leaders around...
Amid Trump’s Withdrawal, Israel Is Still Doing America’s Dirty Work in Syria
JNS.org - For some observers, this past weekend’s revelations about Israeli strikes against Iranian targets in Syria was just politics as usual in the Jewish...
Trump’s Decisions Undermine Pompeo’s Pledges
JNS.org - There were a great many differences between President Barack Obama’s June 2009 Cairo speech and the address delivered on January 10 in the same...
Can Anyone Replace Nikki Haley?
Nikki Haley left her post as Ambassador to the UN on December 31, and there was a palpable sadness upon her departure. The UN had...
Syria Is the Wrong Issue for a Pro-Israel Fight With Trump
JNS.org - Like most pro-Israel commentators, I’m appalled by US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from Syria. Nevertheless, this is the wrong...
Trump Is Wrong: Embracing Saudi Arabia Doesn’t Help Israel or America
President Donald Trump recently said, "Israel would be in big trouble without Saudi Arabia," indicating that Israel would somehow be forced to "leave" the region if...
Shift or Strategy: The US’s New Position on Israeli Control Over the Golan Heights
JNS.org - For the first time, the United States has voted against an annual UN resolution condemning Israeli control over the Golan Heights. The decision by...
Will Donald Trump’s Mideast Plan Lead to ‘Peace and Prosperity’?
The Trump administration is searching for the “deal of the century” to secure “peace and prosperity” for Jews and Arabs in Israel, the Palestinian territories,...
Why the Trump Peace Deal Can’t Ignore Jewish Refugees
JNS.org - For some weeks now, governments and opinion-makers have been waiting with baited breath for Donald Trump to unveil his peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We’ve had...
No, Mr. President, Two States Won’t ‘Work Best’
JNS.org - How did Donald Trump go from “People have been talking about [the two-state solution] for so many years now; it so far hasn’t...
Trump Administration: No ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ on US Passports
JNS.org - Despite the United States recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last December and relocating its embassy from Tel Aviv in May, Americans born in...
The US Foreign Policy Establishment Doesn’t Have the Answers on Mideast Peace
At a September 18 Washington, DC panel discussion hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Lebanese journalist Joyce Karam enthusiastically deemed a report on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process “honest and...
Trump Puts the Ball Back in the Palestinians’ Court
JNS.org - Is the two-state solution back in play? That’s the upshot of the latest comments from Donald Trump. At the United Nations on Wednesday, Trump...
Why Supporting Trump Undermines Jewish Values
In a famous line from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, the character Malvolio, describing himself, says, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness...
