Tag: Donald Trump
While Jewish groups rebuke Trump’s ‘disloyalty’ remark, others question Democratic silence on Omar, Tlaib
Jewish and pro-Israel groups largely condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt on Wednesday to clarify his comments from the previous day, which insinuated that Jews who vote for a Democrat either have a “total lack of knowledge or...
Worry over U.S. – Israel relations after Bibi, after Trump
Is it possible that the U.S. president, considered by many to be more supportive of Israel than any of his predecessors, uses the terminology of anti-Semites? Have his Jewish daughter and her family not...
Trump believes Jews can’t think for themselves
President Trump’s rebuke of Jewish “disloyalty” on Tuesday is disturbing on many levels, but primarily he was preaching to 5.7 million fellow Americans who he must think should be told what is best for...
Trump clarifies: Voting Democrat is being ‘disloyal to Jewish people’ and ‘very disloyal to...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday clarified his remarks on Wednesday regarding how Jewish voters could support the Democratic Party knowing the anti-Israel bias among certain congressional members, such as Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)...
Israel makes red lines clear as Washington prepares peace plan
“If the Trump administration’s peace plan contains elements that run counter to Israel’s interests, Prime Minister Netanyahu won’t hesitate to oppose them,” a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday.
The official told Israeli daily Israel...
Trump: Jews who vote for Democrats show ‘total lack of knowledge,’ ‘great disloyalty’
U.S. President Donald Trump continued his criticism of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who held a press conference on Monday to blast Israel’s decision to deny them entry from the country last...
New RJC political director eyes shifting trends, saying Republicans could gain Jewish votes
The last time more Jews voted for Republican candidates than Democrats was 1920, when 43 percent of Jewish voters selected Warren G. Harding. Democratic candidate James Cox received only 19 percent of Jewish votes,...
Trump: Mideast peace plan to follow second round of Israeli elections on Sept. 17
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the second part of the White House’s long-awaited Mideast peace deal for the Israelis and Palestinians will likely be released after Israel’s Sept. 17 elections.
“I probably...
While a consensus rules in Israel, US politics becomes more divisive
It used to be that Israel and the United States represented two very different political paradigms.
The two major American political parties may have had their disagreements, but the difference in their worldviews was slight...
Trump to visit Poland on Sept. 1, marking 80 years since start of World...
U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Poland on Sept. 1 to mark the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, announced an aide to Polish President Andrzej Duda.
It would be Trump’s second...