Jerusalem cancels vote on new settlement plans
The Jerusalem City Council canceled a planned vote on controversial new settlements Wednesday, according to multiple reports.According to Reuters, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally...
View ArticleTrump letting campaign promises dictate Israeli embassy decision
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel and put in motion a plan to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to the Holy City.In so doing, he...
View ArticleUN Security Council nations denounce Trump’s Jerusalem decision
The 14 nations, aside from the United States, on the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council condemned President Trump for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital this week.Trump’s action was “not in...
View ArticleTurkey's Erdoğan: 'Out of the question' for US to broker...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reportedly said Wednesday that it’s “out of the question” for the United States to broker peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians.Speaking at a...
View Article'Trumping' Jerusalem is fraught with dangerous implications
Well, he told us he’d do it. As a candidate, President Donald Trump promised to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital; and he delivered. Prospects for peace and U.S. national security interests be...
View ArticleErdoğan to Trump: ‘You cannot buy Turkey’s democratic will’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is pushing back on President Trump's threat to cut off aid to countries that support a United Nations resolution calling on the U.S. to rescind its recognition of...
View ArticleTrump says he 'may' attend embassy opening in Jerusalem
President Trump said Friday he might travel to Israel next month to attend the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. “I may go. I’m very proud of it,” Trump said during a joint press conference...
View ArticleAdjustments can make Jerusalem embassy move worth the risk
Last December, when President Trump announced his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, he broke with more than a half-century of U.S. policy toward recognition of Jerusalem as an international...
View ArticleJerusalem embassy opens amid hope for change in status quo
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman spoke glowingly at the ceremony opening the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. He is proud that the United States was the first country to recognize the state of Israel...
View ArticleUS embassy relocation reflects the new Middle East
When Iranian Quds forces fired missiles at Israeli targets in the Golan Heights last week and Israel responded by decimating significant parts of Iran’s military infrastructure inside Syria, something...
View ArticleHow to stop an unnecessary war
At the time of writing, the increasingly bloody war between Israel and Hamas continues apace. At some point Egypt will mediate a truce, as it has done in the past. The real question is whether this war...
View ArticleEviction notice: How one term came to define war and peace in the Middle East
Words matter.If you want to understand the jigsaw puzzle of the Middle East, you have to understand one of the key words that everyone in the world, including Americans, knows something about:...
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