Middle East
Senate panel questions Trump nominee for Saudi envoy on criticism of Islam, nuclear deal with Riyadh
“We all know that we have to start at one place until we get to the finish line,” Rep. Wesley Hunt said of U.S. President Donald Trump’s confusing claim that a Saudi nuclear cooperation deal is premised on Riyadh normalizing relations with Israel.
The three countries agreed to step up defense-industry cooperation and maritime security coordination amid growing challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean.
“Jordan has been the obstacle for more than a decade, and the entire point of this case is to stop asking Jordan’s permission,” lawyer Mark Goldfeder told JNS, of Amman harboring the terrorist Ahlam Tamimi.
“We’re locked and loaded if we need to go, but there may be no reason for it,” the American president said.
“Excluding states that may not be ‘commonly seen as democracies’ risks shutting IHRA out of the very places where its mission is most in demand,” the U.S. envoy on Jew-hatred wrote.
“May this flag always fly high as a symbol of hope and stability for our entire region,” said Israeli diplomat Yossi Shelly.
Oil prices surged after U.S. forces reportedly struck Iran’s Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf.
