Posts Tagged: Trump
Defiant Erdogan Casts Turkey Currency Crisis in Religious, Patriotic Terms
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday an attack on Turkey's economy was no different from a strike against its flag or the Islamic call...
Iran Tells EU to Speed Up Efforts to Save Nuclear Deal
Iran urged Europe on Monday to speed up efforts to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers that US President Donald Trump...
US and Russia Reportedly Agree to Oust Iran from Syria
JNS.org - The United States and Russia have reportedly agreed in principle that Iranian forces should withdraw from Syria, which Israel and America have long advocated,...
Trump Gives the Palestinian Authority $61 Million While It Pays Killers of Americans
JNS.org - There were two notable developments last week related to the recent 17th anniversary of the bombing of Jerusalem’s Sbarro pizzeria. One was the release...
US Jewish, Pro-Israel Groups Praise Trump’s Reimposition of Sanctions on Iran
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CoP) and American Jewish Committee (AJC), as well as Christians United for Israel (CUFI), have issued...
Erdogan: Turkey Will Stand Up to US in Face of Sanctions Threat Over Release of American Pastor
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will stand its ground after US President Donald Trump threatened to slap sanctions on Ankara if it does not free an...
Why This Israeli Is an Ardent Trump Supporter
President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin served to increase the paranoia about him to an all-time high. He was accused of “failing...
The Trump Team Is Wrong About Hamas
JNS.org -Donald Trump’s senior Mideast advisers are proposing to give Hamas billions of dollars if it will recognize Israel and suspend terrorist attacks. Bad idea....
Don’t Believe the Hysterics on Canceling the Iran Nuclear Deal
A great hue and cry went up throughout Europe and from former Obama administration officials and various foreign policy experts when President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran deal (JCPOA). Critics...
What Role Should the US Play in the Peace Process?
All US Israeli-Palestinian peace initiatives -- initiated by Democratic and Republican presidents -- have failed. They were doomed to failure by the tendency to downplay the complex intra-Arab/Muslim...
As Trump and Russia Align, Europe Should Be Worried
JNS.org - Two weeks ago, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with his Belarusian colleague Alexander Lukashenko, who is known as “Europe’s last dictator.” Lukashenko surprised his...
The Iranian-North Korean Nexus After Trump’s Nuclear Summit
The summit that took place in Singapore last month between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un likely had a significant impact...
Jared Kushner Has It All Wrong on the Palestinians
JNS.org - We don’t yet know the details of the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan that presidential adviser Jared Kushner is preparing. But we do know how Kushner...
Don’t Separate Families at the Border — but Don’t Expropriate the Holocaust Either
As an Orthodox rabbi, it is not for me to comment on US Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ invocation of the New Testament to justify separating children from...
