Paying Terrorists and Teaching Children to Hate not a Path to Peace

Abbas insisted, “We are raising our youth, our children, our grandchildren on a culture of peace.”
Iconoclast in the Promised Land

Israelis are greeting US President Donald Trump with cautious optimism. Their optimism stems from President Trump’s iconoclasm.
50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Jerusalem

President Trump, in his foreign trip, has telegraphed to the world that a new sheriff is in town, and that we, once again, can be relied upon by our friends and feared by our enemies.
“Love at First Flight”

Things are looking rosy for the relationship between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and American President Donald Trump.
Palestinians Disappointed, Upset by Trump’s Silence on Two States in Abbas Meeting

Perhaps the most significant words in President Donald Trump’s joint statement with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday were the ones he didn’t say.
Trump’s Visit to Western Wall Affirms That Land of Israel Is God-Given

In an unprecedented and historic gesture on Monday, US President Donald Trump became the first sitting US president ever to visit the Western Wall.
Parsing Words

A new flap has erupted ahead of President Trump’s visit to Israel.
Trump’s Saudi Speech: Pretty Good

Let’s go, Mr. President – it’s time to appoint a White House Commission on Radical Islam.
Devastating Suicide Bombing, UK’s Worst Terror Attack in Over a Decade, Leaves 22 Dead

In what British Prime Minister Theresa May called “an appalling terrorist attack,” a suicide bomber killed 22 people at an pop concert in England on Monday.
The President Goes to Israel

It is worth getting out of the weeds of Washington on occasion and looking at the big picture.