Trump says ‘chance’ he’ll move embassy, but admits there are ‘two sides’

By Eric Cortellessa, Times of Israel— US President Donald Trump continued to back off his campaign pledge to relocate the American embassy to Jerusalem in an interview aired Monday, saying the move was “not easy” and giving it no more than “a chance” of occurring. Trump’s repeatedly promised to move the embassy from Tel Aviv…

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Wisdom of heart and courage of compassion: A look back on the heroes of the Holocaust

By Dr Inna Rogatchi (C) Based on the speech at the Inaugual Opening of the Shining Souls. Champions of Humanity exhibition at The European Parliament – January 24, 2017, Brussels Between Wansee and Auschwitz At the time of the commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017 at the European Parliament, on the initiative and…

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Netanyahu backs U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem though signals no urgency

By Jeffrey Heller | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced support on Sunday for moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem but mentioned no time frame, after a Republican activist accused Israel of pressing the Trump administration to delay the pledged step. In an interview with Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, Marc Zell, head of the Republicans Overseas…

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Meet the top Jewish officials in the Trump administration

By Josefin Dolsten, JTA— American Jews are watching the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency with both fear and hope. Many have expressed worries about some of his supporters’ ties to the so-called “alt-right” movement, whose followers traffic variously in white nationalism, anti-immigration sentiment, anti-Semitism and a disdain for “political correctness.” Those fears intensified when Trump…

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MK Glick on Attending Trump Inauguration: We Are Living in a Biblical Era

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— In an historic first, a delegation of Israeli parliament members attended an American president’s inauguration last week, signaling a decided change in both the political and spiritual relationships between Americans and Israelis, and Jews and Christians. The delegation to President Donald Trump’s inauguration last Friday, including two Likud…

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Israel’s moment of decision

By Caroline Glick, JPost– Over the past week we were given new evidence of what many assumed for years. Former president Barack Obama and his administration weren’t interested in bringing peace to the Middle East. They were interested in harming Israel. Last Friday, Makor Rishon published an interview with former Foreign Ministry director general Dore…

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Trump and the Jordanian option

By HILLEL FRISCH, YITZHAK SOKOLOFF, JPost— In his first meeting with President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to stake out common ground on the issues that have most troubled American-Israeli relations during the last eight years, namely Iran, and Israel’s settlement policy in Judea and Samaria. Particularly in light of the recent Security…

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President Trump Defunds All UN Bodies Who Recognize The Palestinan Authority

By Valerie Locke, Breaking Israel News— President Donald Trump has signed an executive order halting all US funding to United Nations agencies which recognize the Palestinian Authority (PA) or Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as a full member, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. Other international bodies and programs which recognize the Palestinians will also…

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Sanhedrin Calls on President Trump to Uphold Seven Noahide Laws

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— In an ancient and honored Jewish custom, the nascent Sanhedrin sent a letter to the new leader of the U.S., President Donald Trump, blessing him and calling on him to take the lead in restoring America and the world. The Sanhedrin also called on the new president to…

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Trump said set to halt funding for UN agencies, other groups that give PA, PLO full membership

BY ERIC CORTELLESSA, Times of Israel— President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing two executive orders that would halt US funding to the UN and other bodies that grant full membership to the Palestinian Authority and the PLO, the New York Times reported Wednesday. The orders would reduce the United States’ role in international bodies, including…

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