Tag: Donald Trump
Trump publicly expresses disappointment with second round of Israeli elections
U.S. President Donald Trump expressed disappointment on Thursday as Israel will hold new elections on Sept. 17 following Israeli lawmakers taking an unprecedented step on Wednesday to dissolve the Knesset.
“It’s too bad what happened in Israel,”...
Middle East peace can’t be bought. But can Trump change the conversation?
If the Trump administration’s forlorn hope for restarting Middle East peace negotiations wasn’t already facing long odds, this week’s political shenanigans in Israel further complicated things.
Whether or not Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu miraculously...
Trump deal not likely to bring Mideast peace
U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century” keeps getting postponed, but it’s been revealed in pieces.
It seems to involve lots of money for Palestinians to be contributed by a number of Arab governments....
Israel prepares to break ground on ‘Trump city’
U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights sparked considerable excitement in Israel, leading to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for the founding of a Golan Heights community named...
Saving America: Donald Trump Is the Symptom, Not the Illness
Despite endless reassurances to the contrary, America’s core problems can never be fixed by ritualized political activity or elections. In essence, no American government — no president, no Congress, no hyper-adrenalized promises of “change”...
Targeting Jihadist Terrorists: Identifying Pertinent Legal Guidelines
Targeted killing campaigns are still accelerating under the Trump administration, with fewer constraints and even less transparency. More precisely, it seems that the Obama-era Presidential Policy Guidance has been relaxed in two very meaningful ways: targets...
As tensions increase, Trump warns that Iran will ‘suffer greatly’ if ‘they do anything’
Amid increasing tensions between the United States and Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Monday that Tehran will “suffer greatly” if “they do anything.”
“We’ll see what happens with Iran. … If they do...
Trump calls for former secretary of state Kerry to be prosecuted for Iran meetings
U.S. President Donald Trump called on Thursday for former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to be prosecuted for having talks with Iranian officials, including Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, since leaving office in an...
Town square in suburb of Tel Aviv to be named after Trump
A town square in the Tel Aviv suburb of Petach Tikvah will be named for U.S. President Donald Trump, announced Mayor Rami Greenberg on Monday.
The move comes “in gratitude to and appreciation to the...
Pew: US Jews are more likely than Christians to state that Trump favors Israel
U.S. Jews are more likely than Christians to say that U.S. President Donald Trump favors Israelis more than the Palestinians, according to a Pew Research poll released on Monday.
Some 42 percent of American Jews say Trump...