Netanyahu Says US Embassy Move By Year’s End, But Trump Says ‘Not So Fast’
Although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his confidence on Wednesday that the US would move its embassy from Tel Aviv to the Israeli capital of Jerusalem within one year, US president Donald Trump told reporters that the transition would not be that fast.
Looming Possibilities
There’s no end in sight to what can worry or frighten us. Hopefully, there will remain enough good sense in those with significant power to get us through the craziness from our enemies, friends, and fellow Jews.
Netanyahu: US Embassy in Israel Will Move ‘Much Sooner Than You Think’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is confident that the US embassy in Tel Aviv will move to Jerusalem within one year.
Abbas Insists Trump Chooses: Peace or War
In a speech on Wednesday, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas issued an ultimatum to US President Donald Trump, saying he must choose between peace or war.
Turkey, the Arab World is Just Not That into You
He runs around in a fake fire extinguisher’s outfit, holding a silly hose in his hands and knocking on neighbors’ doors to put out the fire in their homes. “Go away,” his neighbors keep telling him.
The Speech in Which Abbas Dug his Own Grave
Abbas understands that his house of cards, lacking Jerusalem and refugees, is about to collapse and disappear and with it all the plans to destroy Israel.
Wanted: A Counter-Iran Strategy
A common but mistaken reading of the current strategic situation in the Middle East presents the region as approaching the end of a period of instability. The “return of the Arab state” is one of the more arresting refrains that this perspective has produced.
Curing Trump’s Quarterly Iran Headache
Trump is right that he’s damned if he maintains Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran and damned if he kills the deal.
Abbas Furious: Trump Wants Palestinian Capital in Abu Dis
On Sunday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the Palestinian Central Council, saying that US President Donald Trump offered Abu Dis, an Arab village adjacent to east Jerusalem, as the Palestinian capital, an offer Abbas rejected outright.
Don’t Diagnose President Trump – Respond to Him
The 1964 presidential election was the second in which I voted. Lyndon Johnson who had succeeded John Kennedy was running against Barry Goldwater.