Apr 27, 2015Donald J. Trump
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[h=1]Nobody but Donald Trump will save Israel. You are wasting your time with these politicians and political clowns. Best! #SheldonAdelson[/h]
Apr 27, 2015Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
[h=1]Nobody but Donald Trump will save Israel. You are wasting your time with these politicians and political clowns. Best! #SheldonAdelson[/h]
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Israel wants White House to explain U.S. official's Western Wall comment (link: [url]http://reut.rs/2raqaFN) reut.rs/2raqaFN[/URL]
He said "Judaism's Holy Western Wall is part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank".
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[h=1]Breaking News: Israel provided the intelligence that President Trump shared with Russia, officials said [/h]
Israel Was Source of Secret Intelligence That Trump Gave to Russians, Officials Saynytimes.com
[h=1]Breaking News: Israel provided the intelligence that President Trump shared with Russia, officials said [/h]
Israel Was Source of Secret Intelligence That Trump Gave to Russians, Officials Saynytimes.com
53mPeter Baker
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[h=1]Trump speech at Masada is called off, due to logistical and weather challenges. Instead, he’ll deliver it at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.[/h]
The Israel thing is easy. We will keep building things to ensure our safety and to make a better world. When the Palestinians are ready to accept that The Jewish State is an established fact we will work with them to seal a peace deal. No American politician will be instrumental in getting us to achieve peace until the Pals are ready.
Trump's idea, and it's been proposed before, is to throw a lot of money at it. Money is not the answer because the Pals are not logical. They don't want money. They want Israel.....
But even Israelis are foolish enough to think they can plan for peace without addressing the poisonous hate in Palestinian society:
A Proposal for a Trump Initiative for the Economic Development of the West Bank and Gaza - Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Dr. Shimon Shapira and Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah (Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)
Trump's idea, and it's been proposed before, is to throw a lot of money at it. Money is not the answer because the Pals are not logical. They don't want money. They want Israel.....
But even Israelis are foolish enough to think they can plan for peace without addressing the poisonous hate in Palestinian society:
A Proposal for a Trump Initiative for the Economic Development of the West Bank and Gaza - Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Dr. Shimon Shapira and Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah (Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)
- Billions of dollars contributed by the donor countries to the Palestinian Authority have evaporated because of lack of transparency, corruption, and inefficiency. Despite all the money that has poured into the West Bank and Gaza, the situation there has only worsened.
- The Trump administration should play a leading role in creating an atmosphere of cooperation to allow the Palestinians and Israelis to reach a future agreement. To defuse the hostile environment, it is of the utmost importance that the U.S. propose an improved economic recovery plan, one that is not another cash handout, but rather a program aimed at improving Palestinian infrastructures.
- Roads and Railways: Renovate the transportation infrastructure to allow for improved connection between the different parts of the PA and a link reaching Amman, Jordan.
- Electricity: Build power stations in the PA or at the border with Israel, powered by gas from wells in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Port and Airport: Due to security reasons, the U.S., in concert with Israel, would assure the security of those installations.
- Housing: Palestinian cities are a city planner's nightmare. In Gaza, the existing refugee camps should be dismantled and replaced with a modern complex of high-rise towers together with the required infrastructure. It is inconceivable that a Palestinian refugee living in his own state will still be considered a refugee.
- Water Supply: One-third of Palestinian cities' water is lost through leakage or mismanagement. Unauthorized water wells proliferate, leading to the salinization or crashing of aquifers. In addition to repairing infrastructure, new desalination plants can be constructed, financed by a joint U.S.-Gulf State fund.
- Sewage Treatment: Sewage has polluted most of the wells in the West Bank and Gaza and has also penetrated the Israeli aquifer. While the technology to change this situation currently exists, the failure to exploit the capacity emanates from Palestinian political considerations.
- Healthcare: Create a complete healthcare system from scratch.
- Tourism: Encourage the establishment of hotel networks around religious and other tourist sites in the West Bank, and along the seashore in Gaza.
- It is essential that Israel is a full partner in the planning of this initiative.
- The best long-term political and economic solution to the future status of the West Bank and Gaza is the establishment of a confederation linking the West Bank and Jordan. This will provide economic and geostrategic depth to Jordan and the Palestinians and a viable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Dr. Shimon Shapira, a senior research associate at the Jerusalem Center, served as bureau chief to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the military secretary to the Prime Minister.
Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah, a special analyst at the Jerusalem Center, was formerly foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and deputy head for assessment of Israeli Military Intelligence.
Go with Trump's Vision to Promote Peace - Zalman Shoval
President Trump has declared his intent to broker peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. No president was more involved in attempts to promote peace than Bill Clinton, until the conduct of Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas at Camp David convinced him, as he has admitted, that Israel does not have a partner for peace.
Trump must understand that it is Palestinian recalcitrance that is writing the real script: Peace between Jews and Arabs in the Land of Israel is not a function of finding diplomatic formulas, but first and foremost breaking through the wall of Palestinian hostility. They are unwilling to accept the Jewish people's right to a state and are not willing to compromise on any of the main issues of the conflict.
However, Israel should not throw cold water on Trump's chances of success, because then it will be blamed for any failure. Indeed, we must be partners in his optimism and allow the facts to speak for themselves. We can assume that time will work its magic, and sooner or later, Trump will conclude that instead of aiming at a full and final deal, it would be better to concentrate on trying to promote temporary, partial arrangements. The writer is a former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. (Israel Hayom)
President Trump has declared his intent to broker peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. No president was more involved in attempts to promote peace than Bill Clinton, until the conduct of Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas at Camp David convinced him, as he has admitted, that Israel does not have a partner for peace.
Trump must understand that it is Palestinian recalcitrance that is writing the real script: Peace between Jews and Arabs in the Land of Israel is not a function of finding diplomatic formulas, but first and foremost breaking through the wall of Palestinian hostility. They are unwilling to accept the Jewish people's right to a state and are not willing to compromise on any of the main issues of the conflict.
However, Israel should not throw cold water on Trump's chances of success, because then it will be blamed for any failure. Indeed, we must be partners in his optimism and allow the facts to speak for themselves. We can assume that time will work its magic, and sooner or later, Trump will conclude that instead of aiming at a full and final deal, it would be better to concentrate on trying to promote temporary, partial arrangements. The writer is a former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. (Israel Hayom)
Ties with Ancient Greeks Prove Historical Legitimacy of Jewish State - Maria Polizoidou (Gatestone Institute)
- UNESCO's latest resolution about Jerusalem, which denies the Jews' and Israel's legacy over its historical capital, Jerusalem, not only offends the historical truth and archeology of the Jewish people. It also offends the Greek people, and all Christians, who for thousands of years have also had ties with the area and the nation of Jews. As it also offends the foundations of Greek Orthodox Christianity, the Greek government - to its honor - voted against this hallucinatory resolution.
- The King of Sparta, Arius I, who lived in 309-267 BCE, wrote to Onias the First, the High Priest of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem: "It is written about the relations between the Jews and the Spartans that they are brotherly nations and that they originate from Abraham." It shows that for millennia, the cultural and historical depth of the Jewish people is undeniable.
- During the Hellenic years of Alexander the Great's descendants, many events were documented to prove the Jews' sovereignty in the city of Jerusalem. Judaism was also a living religion for the Greek Queen, Helen of Adiavinis, who embraced it in the middle of the first century.
- In historical terms, the modern Jewish state has greater historical legitimacy than most modern European states - and far more than the Middle Eastern states artificially created out of the 1916 British-French Sykes-Picot agreement: Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. In Europe, Germany and France only appeared in the Western world in the 3rd century CE.
- If the UN honestly wants peace, it must accept that the modern Jewish state is the tugboat that will pull the whole Middle East into the 21st century. Rejecting the historic Jewish legitimacy in Jerusalem is rejecting the essence of peace, which is friendly coexistence and interaction between different people. With insults and fake history, you cannot build peace, only the next conflict.
The writer is a journalist based in Greece.
Abbas' "Culture of Peace" - Bassam Tawil
PA President Mahmoud Abbas may soon be known for his sense of humor, after telling President Trump, "We are raising our youth...on a culture of peace." The Oslo Accords, signed between Israel and the PLO in 1993, gave the Palestinians media outlets, including television and radio stations, which were then used to amplify hatred against Israel and Jews on a daily basis. The Second Intifada that began in September 2000 was the result of seven years of vicious incitement and indoctrination.
Abbas continues to use non-existent threats to the al-Aqsa Mosque to incite Palestinian youths against Israel. He talks about "herds of settlers storming al-Aqsa Mosque" - in reality, peaceful routine visits by Jews to the Temple Mount. In September 2015, Abbas stated that he "welcomed every drop of blood that is spilled in Jerusalem," and soon after, Palestinians began waging a campaign of knife and car-ramming attacks against Israelis. Is this the "culture of peace" to which Abbas is referring? (Gatestone Institute)
PA President Mahmoud Abbas may soon be known for his sense of humor, after telling President Trump, "We are raising our youth...on a culture of peace." The Oslo Accords, signed between Israel and the PLO in 1993, gave the Palestinians media outlets, including television and radio stations, which were then used to amplify hatred against Israel and Jews on a daily basis. The Second Intifada that began in September 2000 was the result of seven years of vicious incitement and indoctrination.
Abbas continues to use non-existent threats to the al-Aqsa Mosque to incite Palestinian youths against Israel. He talks about "herds of settlers storming al-Aqsa Mosque" - in reality, peaceful routine visits by Jews to the Temple Mount. In September 2015, Abbas stated that he "welcomed every drop of blood that is spilled in Jerusalem," and soon after, Palestinians began waging a campaign of knife and car-ramming attacks against Israelis. Is this the "culture of peace" to which Abbas is referring? (Gatestone Institute)
Teaching Palestinian Children to Value Terrorism - Elliott Abrams
Peace between Israel and the Palestinians does not, fundamentally, depend on who is doing the negotiating or how skilled they are. Fundamentally it depends on the desire for peace. A new study of Palestinian textbooks finds that they are significantly more radical than previous ones, teaching students to be martyrs and demonizing Israel. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will be in Washington this week. The teaching and glorification of terrorism and violence should be at the top of the agenda with him. The writer is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at CFR. (Council on Foreign Relations)
Peace between Israel and the Palestinians does not, fundamentally, depend on who is doing the negotiating or how skilled they are. Fundamentally it depends on the desire for peace. A new study of Palestinian textbooks finds that they are significantly more radical than previous ones, teaching students to be martyrs and demonizing Israel. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will be in Washington this week. The teaching and glorification of terrorism and violence should be at the top of the agenda with him. The writer is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at CFR. (Council on Foreign Relations)
- Former Defense Minister Ya'alon: Trump Is Looking for a Deal, But There Is No Partner for a Deal" - Gil Hoffman
Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said in an interview, "Since the dawn of Zionism, the Arab position has been consistent, with no Arab leader being willing to divide the land with us. [PA President] Abbas won't deliver the goods. There isn't anyone on their side who can. Trump is looking for a deal. But there is no partner for a deal."
"Because Abbas won't change his views...when the decisive time comes, he [President Trump] will see that it is the Palestinians who refuse to make peace, just like [U.S. Presidents George W.] Bush and [Bill] Clinton [did]....The problem is the lack of readiness among the relatively moderate Palestinians like Abbas to accept Israel in any borders, including pre-1967 borders." (Jerusalem Post)
Israel at 69 - David Harris (Huffington Post)
- "The coming into being of a Jewish state in Palestine is an event in world history to be viewed in the perspective, not of a generation or a century, but in the perspective of a thousand, two thousand, or even three thousand years." (Winston Churchill)
- As Israel celebrates its 69th Independence Day this week, I'm not dispassionate. The establishment of the state in 1948; the fulfillment of its envisioned role as home and haven for Jews from around the world; its wholehearted embrace of democracy and the rule of law; and its impressive scientific, cultural, and economic achievements are accomplishments beyond my wildest imagination.
- When one adds that all this took place in the Middle East, where Israel's neighbors determined from day one to destroy it through any means available, Israel's story becomes all the more remarkable.
- The age-old connection between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel is unique in the annals of history. Indeed, that connection is of a totally different character from the basis on which the U.S, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or the bulk of Latin American countries were established; that is, by Europeans with no legitimate claim to those lands who decimated indigenous populations and proclaimed their own authority.
- In addition, North African countries were conquered and occupied by Arab-Islamic invaders who totally redefined their national character.
- To understand the essence of Israel's meaning, it is enough to ask how the history of the Jewish people might have been different had there been a Jewish state in 1933, in 1938, or even in 1941. If Israel had controlled its borders and the right of entry instead of Britain, how many more Jews might have escaped and found sanctuary?
The writer is CEO of the American Jewish Committee (AJC).
Video - Netanyahu: Palestinians Must Prove They Want Peace - Sean Hannity (Fox News)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview on Friday:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview on Friday:
- On an annual basis, the Palestinian Authority is giving hundreds of millions of dollars to terrorists or the families of terrorists who murdered Israelis, murdered Americans. It's unimaginable. I mean, after a decade, it could be more than a billion dollars that are given to terrorists! This is from the main-line Palestinian Authority headed by President Abbas, who's going to see President Trump in Washington.
- I think the first test of peace is to say to them, "Hey, you want peace, prove it. Confront terrorism. Stop rewarding terrorism. Stop paying terrorists." They pay terrorists on a sliding scale, not on the cost of living, but on the cost of killing. The more you kill, the more you get. Unacceptable! Has to change. That's a test for peace.
- You know, in our free, open, transparent societies, if we say a syllable to a domestic audience, it gets beamed around the world immediately. We're held accountable for every word. But in the case of Abbas, you know, it's like he lives in a different universe! He can say "I want peace" to Western leaders, but then to his own people, he says the very opposite!
- In the case of the Palestinian leadership, including President Abbas, to his own people he says, we don't want a state next to Israel, we want a state instead of Israel. First, we get a state. Then we flood Israel with the descendants of Palestinians. We go back to Haifa, Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Acre. That's the end of Israel.
- You make peace by demanding from the Palestinians to pass the test of peace. Hold the Palestinian leadership accountable. Don't let them get away with double talk. How about if what Abbas says to President Trump he has to say to his own people? How about if he says, "Yes, Mr. President, our laws will forbid paying terrorists. And I'm going to make sure that not a penny goes to the terrorists or their families."
- The only chance that this will change is if there's pressure brought to them to make this real change, to say, "No, we're not going to accept just generic, fluffy words of peace while you indoctrinate your own people with a doctrine of death. We want you to change the way you speak to your own people."
- There's no one that wants peace more than Israel. This canard that Israel doesn't want peace is a joke. We teach peace to our children. We yearn for peace. And we don't have double talk because what we say inside is what we say outside, and everybody holds us accountable. It's high time that that accountability was put on the Palestinians, that you tell them, "No, I want to see what you tell your children. I want you to stop paying terrorists and their families. I want to see a change." If that kind of demand for genuine accountability is put forward, that could make for a turning point.
Breaking: Senators @marcorubio @SenDeanHeller @LindseyGrahamSC @tedcruz urge Trump admin. for recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Trump should say so about Jerusalem, but moving the embassy now would just be a distraction and another excuse for the Palestinians to stab, riot, and drive cars on sidewalks aimed at killing people. There's no need for symbolic gestures now. Wait until after the Palestinians do something else that demonstrates they don't want peace, and THEN move the embassy.
Meanwhile the 'intelligence' Trump did or did not pass to Russia proves once again what I've always said. A strong Israel in the ME saves American lives.
Meanwhile the 'intelligence' Trump did or did not pass to Russia proves once again what I've always said. A strong Israel in the ME saves American lives.
