Trump Administration
The funds will be directed toward “high-priority projects elsewhere,” according to a three-paragraph notice sent to lawmakers from the department, as obtained by the Associated Press.
U.S. President Donald Trump will only unveil an “agenda for peace” at the U.N. General Assembly meeting next month, due to difficulties encountered by his peace team in recent months and the president’s current legal troubles, a source tells Israel Hayom.
“Obviously, we understand the Israeli claim that it has annexed the Golan Heights—we understand their position—but there’s no change in the U.S. position for now.”
Reuters: Iran’s Defense Ministry boasted the new jet as a fourth-generation fighter with “advanced avionics and multipurpose radar.”
“It’s a very concerning situation that has taken place in Gaza,” said State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert. “We condemn the launching of missile attacks into Israel and call for an end to the destructive violence.”
The National Security Council began approaching other government agencies for volunteers to join a team that will work with Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, and Jason Greenblatt, Trump’s special envoy for international peace negotiations.
A survey conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University shows that nearly 75 percent of Jewish and Arab Israelis think that a new peace proposal being promoted by the American administration has a low chance of succeeding.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: “I swear by Allah that the Europeans will follow the path of the Americans. Trump’s body will become fodder for snakes and worms, while the Islamic Republic of Iran will continue to stand strong.”
Mideast analyst David Wurmser discusses flaws in the deal, the lack of a full “reveal” and why he says it was never a treaty, but “an agreement among a policy community discredited by their willful suspension of sobriety and reality.”
Some prominent Jewish proponents of the decades-long peace process between Israelis and Palestinians now claim that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s controversial speech on Jan. 14 disqualifies him as a negotiating partner, while other dovish Jewish leaders are accusing the Trump administration of provoking the Palestinian leader.
