Donald Trump is set to give a speech later today recognizing that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, which of course it is.
According to reports based on news pool briefings by the White House, Trump will not declare Jerusalem the “united and undivided” capital of Israel, which is how Israelis refer...
During the campaign and transition, Donald Trump was clear in his promise to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, Israel’s capital.
As with prior administrations, there was walk-back in reality, and the Embassy still is in Tel Aviv.
In the past week there has been much speculation that an announcement about moving the...
If history proves one thing, it’s that giving in to Palestinian threats only leads to intransigence and more threats. Unfortunately, for the second time the Trump administration has walked back an announced policy in just such a circumstance.
The first walk back had to do with moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel...
The Trump administration is planning multi-year peace effort, Michael Wilner at the Jerusalem Post reports:
Deadlines are not a part of President Donald Trump’s peace effort, led by Jared Kushner, the president’s son-...
Monday, President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met to discuss Iran and peace in the Middle East.
In dozens of posts we’ve highlighted how the anti-Zionist, non-Jewish group “Jewish Voice for Peace” (JVP) enables, legitimizes and mainstreams antisemitism by providing a seemingly Jewish cover for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and similar movements.
But JVP isn’t merely an enabler of antisemitism. JVP also itself is a producer of...
President Donald Trump finished his trip to Israel by meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem and the Israel Museum.
During his first day, Trump “pledged to work toward Israeli-Palestinain peace,” but admitted it’s the “toughest deal of all.” However, he...
President Donald Trump has arrived in Israel, which he will visit for two days. In fact, his flight to Israel from Saudi Arabia is the first non-stop flight between the two countries that have no diplomatic ties.
We will publish updates on Trump’s visit, a truly historic one since Israel remains our...
Donald Trump will be leaving Saudi Arabia overnight (Eastern time) and flying directly to Israel.
That direct flight itself is historic, since the Saudis do not allow flights directly to or from Israel.
One of his first stops in Israel will be the Western Wall, the holiest place at which Jews are permitted...
The press conference is now over. Video below.
Quick Takes: Much warmer relationship than the tense Obama-Bibi appearances, where they could hardly contain their disdain for each other.
Substantively, Trump did exactly what any good mediator would do — not try to impose a solution on the parties. His point was that whatever...
Legal Insurrection readers will recall that during its last few hours, the Obama administration sent $221 million to the Palestinian Authority that GOP members of Congress had been blocking.
Team Trump has now frozen those monies.
The Trump administration has informed the Palestinian Authority that it is freezing the transfer of $221 million...
Yesterday I asked, Has Trump gone soft on Jerusalem Embassy move after threats of violence?
Those threats already are moving into the operational planning phase, with the Fatah Party, to which Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas belongs, mapping out its terror strategy.
PalMedia Watch reports, Fatah has already planned a terror campaign to prevent US...
Donald Trump repeatedly promised to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem.
That promise was made not only during the campaign, but after the election.
In response, the Palestinians did what they always do — internationalize the conflict coupled with threats of violence.
Numerous high officials in the Palestinian Authority...
Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Despite reports that an announcement could come as soon as Monday morning, January 23, 2017, The Wh...
We have covered the escalating threats from leaders of and functionaries in the Palestinian Authority that there will be violence if the Donald Trump fulfills his promise to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem.
This is a two-faced move, Palestinian leadership’s two-faced Jerusalem Embassy game:
We reported...
We reported the other day on the escalating campaign by Palestinian leaders threatening and predicting violence if the U.S. moves our embassy to Jerusalem, Palestinian leadership: There will be violence if U.S. moves Embassy to Jerusalem.
While Hamas is behind some of the incitement, an important feature of incitement regarding the Embassy is...
Donald Trump has promised, both himself and through surrogates, to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
That move, long promised by American presidents but never implemented, would have particular importance in light of UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which the Obama administration pushed behind the scenes and allowed to...
