Posts Tagged: Trump Israel
The Tlaib-Omar Trainwreck: An Early Assessment
The last-minute Israeli decision to ban US members of Congress and prominent BDS supporters Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar is the culmination of a drama...
The Far Right Is Antisemitic — and So Is the Radical Left
I’m sitting in Charlottesville, Virginia -- the city where the ugly "Unite the Right" rally took place two years ago that gripped the nation. The...
American Jews Have Nowhere to Go
American Jews have nowhere to go. They are faced on one side by the antisemitism of the alt-right, which has already inspired two synagogue shootings....
Trump’s Economic Plan Is Necessary Because Peace Is Not Possible
None of the three actors in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict envisions peace in the foreseeable future. Hamas can’t entertain the idea of real peace for ideological reasons....
The US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan Is Premature
JNS.org - The Trump administration rolled out a new, fresh, and bold Middle East vision last month at the “Peace to Prosperity” conference in Bahrain....
The Trump Effect
The initial two and a half years of President Donald Trump’s national security policy have departed sharply from those of President Barack Obama, his predecessor...
Why Are Arab States Rejecting the Palestinian Cause?
JNS.org - Increasingly, Arab nations in the Middle East are distancing themselves from their Palestinian brothers. The half-century-old solidarity of Arab countries with the Palestinian...
The Bahrain Conference’s Historical Parallel — Nothing New Under the Sun
At the Bahrain Conference, Jared Kushner unveiled the Trump administration’s “Deal of the Century.” The sentiment about this plan among the Arab states, as well...
The Unique US Mindset on Israel
The US mindset on Israel -- unlike the US attitude towards other countries -- is a bottom-up phenomenon: a derivative of the US public worldview,...
The Real Reason the Palestinians Won’t Attend the Bahrain Conference
JNS.org - Both the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) are boycotting the US-initiated economic conference in Bahrain. While they would like...
The Bahrain Conference Is a First Step Forward
This week’s economic workshop in Bahrain, where the US administration is presenting its “Peace to Prosperity” plan for development of the Palestinian economy, is an...
The PA Doesn’t Care About Economic ‘Carrots’
JNS.org - On the eve of the US-sponsored economic workshop in Bahrain, the American administration revealed parts of its Middle East peace plan over the...
Kushner Confronts Palestinians With the Truth
JNS.org - Asked in an interview whether he believes the Palestinians are capable of governing themselves, US senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner said, “That’s a...
Pompeo’s Justified Low Expectations for the Mideast Peace Plan
JNS.org - In a private meeting on May 28 with the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged...
