Tag: Trump Administration
Trump: No Jared and Ivanka roles in future administration
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, who had roles in the previous Trump administration, would not have official positions in a future one, former President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News host Bret Baier.
“You know why?”...
US, Israel remain at loggerheads over consulate to Palestinians in downtown Jerusalem
Israel and the United States remain at an impasse about American plans to reopen the U.S. consulate on Agron Road in downtown Jerusalem that was closed under former President Donald Trump.
The Biden administration and...
Friedman: ‘I believe the US will respect Israel if Israel respects itself’
It’s been almost a year since U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman completed his service. In an interview with JNS, Friedman—who recently joined former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s new investment fund, Liberty Strategic, as its...
‘Only weakness can truly undermine the US-Israel alliance’: A special interview with Ron Dermer
When Ron and Rhoda Dermer told their five children that this time their long stay in Washington was really over, and that there would be no more delays, they didn’t believe it. With good...
Iran urges Japan to release billions in frozen assets
Iran has called on Japan to release billions of dollars frozen in the country’s banks due to United States sanctions, Reuters reported on Sunday.
The request followed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s meeting in Tehran with Japanese Foreign...
The cost of disgrace is not cheap
For those old enough to remember the images of the last days of South Vietnam, recent events in Afghanistan are shockingly familiar. In each case, a flawed American ally facing a determined foe quickly...
Former Ambassador David Friedman: ‘Trump administration would have given Israel free reign to defend...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was dispatched to Israel by U.S. President Joe Biden this week in the direct aftermath of an acute conflagration highlighted by 11 days of indiscriminate rocket attacks by...
How old politics in Ramallah, Gaza, Jerusalem and Washington have set Israel ablaze
After one of the calmest extended periods in decades in the Middle East—and in Israel, in particular—the tide has suddenly turned, reverting to classic political mistakes that have all but erased the positive gains.
The...
Kushner launches ‘Abraham Accords Institute for Peace’ to deepen Arab-Jewish ties
Jared Kushner is forming an organization to help strengthen ties between the countries that signed the Abraham Accords normalization agreement in the fall of 2020, the group announced on Wednesday.
Kushner, the son-in-law of former U.S. President...
Former Middle East envoy Greenblatt: Saudi Arabia on ‘path to peace’ with Israel
Saudi Arabia is on a path to peace with Israel, but it needs to be given space to move at its own pace, former White House Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt told JNS in...