Tag: Donald Trump
Trump on US embassy move: ‘I receive more praise from evangelicals than from Jews’
U.S. President Donald Trump has received tremendous support from Jews for his decision to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but even more so from evangelical Christians, according to an interview...
Right and wrong, children and immigration
As a general rule, injecting emotion into policy debates is a mistake. Cold, rational logic remains the best path to understanding an issue, and anything that undermines that process is usually bound to distort...
Will recognizing Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights be the next move for Trump?
Rep. Ron DeSantis’s proposal to the Congressional Committee on Foreign Affairs that the United States recognize Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights has been shelved for the foreseeable future. DeSantis’s (R-Fla.) hope was that,...
Trump, Kim and the ‘good citizen’
One of the many memorable scenes in “The Lives of Others”—an exemplary German movie whose plot centers on the Stasi secret police in the late, unlamented German Democratic Republic—involves the indiscreet telling of a...
Netanyahu commends Trump on North Korea summit, stance on Iranian nukes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commended U.S. President Donald Trump on his “historic” summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on Tuesday.
“I commend U.S. President Donald Trump on the historic summit in Singapore. This...
Trump is ‘the copy of Hitler,’ says official PA daily op-ed
Following the U.S. veto of a U.N. resolution, which called for “international protection” for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip over Israel’s response to the violent March of Return riots, U.S. President Trump was described...
Realigning Post-JCPOA Diplomacy: Breaking off European Players
Today's report that President Trump is to impose a complete ban on all German luxury cars comes as a shock, particularly since today his aluminum and steel tariff on some of the US's closest...
Trump appoints Gary Bauer of CUFI for US commission on religion freedom
U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed Gary Bauer, the Washington director of the Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Action Fund, to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Bauer, an avowed Christian activist who formerly...
Nothing to fear from Trump’s plan?
Jonathan S. Tobin, editor-in-chief of the Jewish News Syndicate, argues that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has nothing to worry about!” when it comes to U.S. President Donald Trump’s expected peace plan, which will reportedly recognize “Palestine”...
White House lauds Paraguay embassy move to Jerusalem
The White House issued a statement on Tuesday night, praising Paraguay for relocating its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were in attendance...