Tag: Trump Administration
US envoy hints at peace deal with Israeli security control in Judea and Samaria
The Trump administration understands the need for Israel to have “overriding security control” in the West Bank in any future peace deal with the Palestinians, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said on Tuesday.
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US recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over Golan ‘sends direct message to Arab world’
The formal recognition of Israel’s sovereignty in the Golan Heights by the United States could not have come on a more sobering day for Israelis. As rockets were being launched deep into the central...
Israelis shrug as America intervenes in their election
When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in Israel this week, it won’t be interpreted as just another routine stop as America’s chief diplomat seeks to reaffirm ties with an ally or to...
Iran responds to accusations of anti-Semitism by Pence: ‘We are just against Zionists’
After being accused of anti-Semitism by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Iran’s Foreign Minister retorted that the claim was “laughable,” and that “Iran has always supported the Jews; we are just against Zionists.”
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Source: US Mideast peace plan to recognize Palestinian statehood, Israeli towns in West Bank
The United States is expected to recognize a Palestinian state with its capital in eastern Jerusalem as part of its highly anticipated peace plan to solve the 70-year-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an informed source hearing...
In Cairo, Pompeo blasts Obama’s Mideast agenda, details Trump’s
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday slammed the Obama administration’s Mideast policies, which were outlined in a similar venue almost a decade ago, and touted their reversal under U.S. President Donald Trump,...
Secretary of Defense Mattis to exit Pentagon with significant evolution on US-Israel ties
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Secretary of Defense James Mattis will leave his post in February.
“General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served...
Netanyahu lauds America’s ‘courageous decision’ to reimpose sanctions on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a victory lap on Monday as he praised the Trump administration’s “courageous, determined and important decision” to reimpose remaining sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the 2015...
Israel remains cautious amid global fury at Saudi Arabia over journalist’s suspicious death
Saudi Arabia appears to have severely miscalculated its ability to quietly silence critics after it has come under strong suspicion over the disappearance and possible murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a fierce critic...
The Trump doctrine and the fight for freedom
There was more to U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech to the U.N. General Assembly this week than laughter and a threat to Iran. But unfortunately, both the mockery of the president and the foolish...