Hard-line Iranian students threaten to destroy Jewish sites

A hard-line student group in Iran has threatened to destroy the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in the north of the country in revenge for the Trump administration’s peace plan. MARCY OSTER/JTA FEBRUARY 25, 2020 07:29 A hard-line student group in Iran has threatened to destroy the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in the north […]

US mapping team for West Bank annexation said en route to Israel

US officials, among them the ambassador to Israel, are set to meet with three Israeli counterparts to begin work on carrying out Trump peace plan TOI staffToday, 4:18 pm The US members of a committee that will map out areas of the West Bank that Israel may annex as part of US President Donald Trump’s […]

Finally Dealing With ‘Refugees’

by Lyn Julius / JNS.org     Jewish refugees from Iraq arriving in Israel, 1951. Photo: GPO. JNS.org – Commentators and Middle East experts have now had a few weeks to scrutinize the Trump peace plan, whether to praise it or bury it. Many have dwelt on what the plan offers Palestinians in terms of […]

Woman lightly injured in stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Old City

Tensions remain high following release of Trump’s Deal of the Century ANNA AHRONHEIM FEBRUARY 22, 2020 13:14   An Israeli woman was lightly injured during an attempted stabbing attack near the Lion’s Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday morning. According to the police a Palestinian man was shot and killed after he ran towards […]

Iraqi MP: ‘Deal of the Century’ to transfer Palestinians to Iraq

The MP claimed that the US is preparing a large area of the al-Anbar desert for Palestinian families. JERUSALEM POST STAFF FEBRUARY 19, 2020 11:54 Iraqi people burn a U.S. flag and a picture of U.S. President Donald Trump in a protest after an airstrike at the headquarters of Kataib Hezbollah militia group in Qaim, […]

Donald Trump’s plan for Israel’s security

The security-based essence of the plan has been one of the fundamentals of Israel’s security doctrine since repelling aggression in the Six Day War. ZALMAN SHOVAL FEBRUARY 17, 2020 22:22 President Trump’s “Deal of the Century” is arguably the most important statement pertaining to Israel’s political position since the United Nations partition plan of 1947 […]

What’s the Endgame for the ‘Deal of the Century’?

What’s the real purpose of President Trump’s “Deal of the Century”? Is it intended to help move the stalled Oslo peace process toward “two-state solution” final status, or will it rather be one last opportunity for the Palestinians to ignore a peace proposal before Israel gets full White House support to apply its law from […]

Saudi FM endorses Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir endorsed Trump’s so-called Deal of the Century in a press conference on Thursday, stating that the controversial deal had some “positive elements”. “There are positive elements in Trump’s peace plan, which can serve as a basis for negotiation,” the top diplomat said during a visit to Romania. He said […]

Jordan’s cool criticism of the ‘Deal of the Century’ could be King Abdullah’s biggest win

In late October, Jordan’s King Abdullah surveyed a plot of territory along its border, formally ending Israeli farmers’ 25 year lease of the Baqura annex and bringing the land back under direct Jordanian control. Accompanied by his son Crown Prince Hussein and a military entourage, the tour appeared more akin to an inspection of newly […]

US celebrates withdrawal of UN Security Council resolution against peace plan

After Palestinian-spearheaded measure is pulled, Trump official says the world body has ‘demonstrated that the old way of doing things is over’ By Eric Cortellessa and Raphael Ahren WASHINGTON —  After a rancorous UN Security Council debate Tuesday, during which every member nation except the United States and Israel excoriated US President Donald Trump’s peace […]

God, not Balfour, gave Israel to the Jews

Judea and Samaria are the region where 80% of all biblical events occurred. Trump mentioned this at the White House. These are intrinsically connected to Jewish identity. SHMULEY BOTEACH FEBRUARY 10, 2020 21:46 US President Donald Trump is the most pro-Israel president in history, and proved it again with his precedent-setting peace initiative. The plan […]

The deal within the deal of the century

While opponents of Trump’s peace plan have accused Israel’s premier of making a diplomatic blunder with the U.S. and failing to deliver on annexation, the two administrations have never been closer and delaying annexation until after Israel’s elections may actually play to Netanyahu’s advantage. (February 10, 2020 / JNS) At the Jerusalem Center for Public […]

Netanyahu says settlements, Jordan Valley will only be annexed with US consent

Prime minister says Israel will not take ‘unilateral’ measures to extend Israeli sovereignty to areas of West Bank, insists Palestinian agreement not needed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau said Monday that Israel will only extend sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and areas of the West Bank with the agreement of Washington, taking another step back from […]

US envoy: We trust Israel, but Palestinians in no position ‘to keep any bargain’

Why does Trump’s plan allow the Israelis to annex soon but have a Palestinian state only arise in four years? To ‘bridge the asymmetry’ between the two sides, David Friedman says By Raphael Ahren Today, 12:45 pm 0 Edit The White House’s so-called deal of the century strongly favors Israel because it is a democracy […]