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Historic List of 100 Times President Trump Supported Israel

Despite those who ridiculed President Trump’s pro-Israel achievements as being ‘token steps’ or for his Christian base supporters at home, President Trump accomplished more in helping & protecting Jews & Israel, than all his predecessors combined.

By Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

 

Sure, Donald Trump paved the way for the Abraham Accord that broke away from the U.S. State Department’s 40 years of failed policies, after moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights… but there’s more…. so much more.

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  1. President Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
  2. President Trump moved the American Embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
  3. President Trump closed the Jerusalem consulate and made it an Embassy branch
  4. President Trump has never publicly criticized Israel
  5. President Trump pulled America out of the Iran deal
  6. President Trump raised military aid to Israel by $400 million
  7. President Trump raised sanctions on Iran as soon as pulled out of the deal
  8. President Trump recognized the sovereignty of Israel on the Golan Heights
  9. President Trump designated IRGC (Iranian special forces) a foreign terrorist group
  10. President Trump banned BDS head Omar Barghouti from America
  11. President Trump banned the head of ICC and staff from coming to America
  12. President Trump backed Israel’s right to self-defense in Gaza
  13. President Trump left the United Nations Human Rights (sic) Council
  14. President Trump cut off all aid to the Palestinian Authority
  15. President Trump closed the PLO office in Washington, DC
  16. President Trump was the first president to visit the Western Wall as President
  17. President Trump sent the first official American visit to the Western Wall with an Israeli Prime Minister
  18. President Trump allowed consulate and Embassy staff to meet/visit with Jews of Judea and Samaria
  19. President Trump announced that America will not support Israeli soldiers being tried at the ICC
  20. President Trump called out the anti-Israel antisemitism of Ilhan Omar
  21. President Trump flew to Israel on his first foreign trip
  22. President Trump issued no waivers on increased sanctions against Iran
  23. President Trump offered a $10 million reward for information on Hamas and Hezbollah financial networks
  24. The Trump administration wrote op-eds blaming Hamas and the Palestinians for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
  25. President Trump stopped the lame-duck last-minute Kerry and Obama $221 million payment to the Palestinian Authority on January 20, 2017
  26. President Trump signed the Taylor Force Act
  27. President Trump supported Israel in the May 2019 flare-up with Gaza.
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Palestinians furious as US to list Passports births in “Jerusalem, Israel”

Palestinian Authority’s “foreign ministry” enraged after notice that US set to allow US citizens born in Jerusalem to list “Jerusalem, Israel” on their US passports, calling President Trump’s decision as taking another step to antagonize the ‘Palestinian people.’

By Elad Benari

 

The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) “foreign ministry” on Wednesday blasted the US administration’s intention to allow US citizens born in Jerusalem to list “Jerusalem, Israel” on their US passports.

The ministry said, according to the Xinhua news agency, that it considered the step “an emphasis by the administration of President Donald Trump to antagonize the Palestinian people and undermine any chance for peace on the basis of a two-state solution.” Continue Reading »

PLO chief berates states participating in US led economic conference

PLO leader Saeb Erekat, who’s also Palestinian lead negotiator, goes on media frenzy lambasting delegations planing to attend the June economic conference hosted in Bahrain, meant to serve as prelude to Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’.

By Mohammad Al-Kassim from The Media Line

 

The Palestinian leadership has lashed out at members of the international community who have agreed to attend the U.S.-led economic conference set for Bahrain in late June, which the Palestinian Authority is boycotting.

Saeb Erekat, executive secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization, told a number of Arab news outlets he expected the summit to fail.

In an interview with Almayadeen, a Lebanese news channel, he said: “If I’m not going, do you know what’s best for me better than I do?” Continue Reading »

PLO leader Erekat calls on Palestinian boycott of US Embassy in Jerusalem

The leading diplomat and official PA peace negotiation team leader urges the international community to boycott the new Palestinian Affairs Unit inside the Jerusalem Embassy, which was created to consolidate & expedite requests by taking over the responsibilities of the (now closed) U.S. Consulate, that was also located in the Israeli capital.

By Elad Benari

 

Top Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Saeb Erekat on Thursday urged the international community to boycott the newly created US Embassy unit that will handle relations with Palestinian Arabs, The Associated Press reported.

The US this week merged its embassy and consulate in Jerusalem. The move followed an announcement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in October that the US would be shuttering the consulate facility in eastern Jerusalem, and would incorporate the services provided there in the US embassy on Agron Street. Continue Reading »

Trump to Palestinians: Biting the hand that feeds you no longer works

Trump Admin explains why it’s changing the unsuccessful 40 year-old paradigm in search of peace, while trying to explain to an unappreciative Palestinian leadership that, “Nobody is entitled to America’s foreign aid.”

By Israel Today Staff

 

Despite being wholly dependent upon the goodwill of Israel, the Arab states and Western power-brokers, the Palestinian Authority has seemingly done its best to alienate each and every one.

It’s ironic, considering that much of the Palestinian leadership’s diplomatic efforts are focused on isolating Israel.

Israel’s reasons for distrusting the Palestinian Authority are clear. And numerous statements by Arab leaders across the Middle East in recent years reveal that they don’t think very highly of Mahmoud Abbas and his regime, even if they remain committed to the “Palestinian cause.” Continue Reading »

WATCH: Israel’s Prime Minister thanks the United States for historic decision

Watch Prime Minister Netanyahu acknowledging the historic moment saying, “What a glorious day. Remember this moment!” and thanking the United States President for delivering on his promise after others failed to relocate the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
-Watch President Trump’s speech.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
MAY 14, 2018

 

Sixty-nine years after Israel declared Jerusalem as its capital, and 23 years after the US Congress passed a law mandating that Washington move its embassy there, the US formally opened its embassy in the city on Monday afternoon, in a move Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called “courageous” and “momentous.”

“What a glorious day. Continue Reading »

Update: 52 Gazans killed as Hamas sends violent protesters to cross border



Ahead of the US Embassy opening in Jerusalem in 3 hours, some 10,000 Palestinians have already gathered near Gaza’s border with Israel as Nakba Day begins with burning tires planting roadside bombs and clashes with IDF soldiers.
– IDF sources say Hamas will try to carry out terror attacks amidst the chaos after their infiltration into Israel along with possible attempts to kidnap soldiers.

By Yoav Zitun, Elior Levy

 

Some 10,000 Palestinians gathered by the Gaza border fence Monday morning and clashed with IDF forces deployed in the area ahead of the US Embassy opening ceremony in Jerusalem and the Nakba Day events. Continue Reading »

Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania block EU rant over US embassy move

Three eastern European countries take a principled stand with Israel by blocking a formal EU statement admonishing the U.S. over their upcoming Embassy move to Jerusalem on Monday.

By AFP

 

The Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania have recently blocked a (EU) statement slamming the United States over its plan to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a spokesman said Saturday.

Once again the EU takes a stand against Israel’s sovereignty. – Wikimedia Commons

“The Czech Republic has protested against the planned statement,” Jiri Ovcacek, spokesman for Czech President Milos Zeman, told AFP.

“We appreciate that Hungary and Romania have taken the same principled stance,” he said, adding Zeman had agreed on the refusal with Prime Minister Andrej Babis and Foreign Minister Martin Stropnicky. Continue Reading »

Romania: Government Decided to Relocate Embassy to Jerusalem

Palestinian leaders furious over Romania’s 70th Independence ‘birthday present’ to Israel, by scrambling to dissuade the EU member from becoming the third country to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, following U.S. President Trump’s announcement, then Guatemala’s decision.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

The Romanian government on Thursday approved a plan to transfer the state’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The approval came as Israelis celebrated the Jewish State’s 70th anniversary.

According to reports in local media, the decision includes timetables for implementing the plan. However, the timetables have not been published.

Ancient & Modern meet to make Jerusalem undivided.

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Palestinian autocrat Abbas: ‘We Reject Any American Peace Plan’

No longer concealing from American Presidents the Palestinian agenda of ultimately rejecting any peace agreement offered,  Mahmoud Abbas is now openly admitting that while he may engage the US administration on its ideas to resolve the conflict, he will never accept any deal.

By ADAM RASGON

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said the Palestinians will not accept any US plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

He made the comment at the beginning of a conference in Ramallah about Jerusalem.

After reducing the local Christian population from over 70% to less than 10%, Palestinian autocrat Mahmoud Abbas visits the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

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German Foreign Minister passes message to Abbas: ‘Stop Antagonizing Trump’

Meeting with autocrat Abbas and his regime in Ramallah, Germany’s new foreign minister, Heiko Maas, told the Palestinian leaders that their insults and efforts to remove the U.S. from the peace process won’t end well for them.

By Israel Today Staff

 

The Palestinian leadership might not like it, but the unavoidable fact is that the United States, even under President Donald Trump, is an absolutely necessary player in brokering any Middle East peace agreement.

Germany’s Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas – Photo: ©Superbass/CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikimedia Commons

That was the message that Germany’s new foreign minister, Heiko Maas, sought to convey to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas this week. Continue Reading »

Abbas invited to meet Jordan’s King Abdullah to discuss Trump’s peace plan

PA autocrat Abbas summoned to meet with Jordan’s King Abdullah to discuss the ‘nearly finished’ US peace plan.
– Breaking from the strategies of past administrations, Trump’s peace initiative will be proposing specific solutions to ‘stickler points’ as opposed to a broad framework of principles suggested in past negotiations.

By i24NEWS

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman on Monday to discuss US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, which officials in Washington say is nearly ready to be unveiled.

A report by the New York Times on Sunday cited senior US officials as saying that the Trump administration is putting the finishing touches on the plan which will break from the strategies of past administrations by proposing specific solutions as opposed to a broad framework of principles. Continue Reading »

Contestant challenges question, says Jerusalem is capital of Israel, not Tel Aviv

On-air controversy erupts on an Argentine TV game show when contestants are asked, “Tel Aviv is the capital of what country?”
• A contestant challenged the question, saying ‘Israel is probably what I should say, but that is not the correct answer.

By Shlomi Diaz

 

The popular Argentine game show “La Tribuna de Guido” outraged the local Jewish community last week when contestants on Friday’s show were asked, “Tel Aviv is the capital of which country?”

The program, which airs on the local Canal 13 station, pits contestants against each other with trivia questions, with the goal of winning a car. Continue Reading »

Honduras, Paraguay reportedly prepared to relocate embassies to Jerusalem

Army Radio reports that should Israel’s PM Netanyahu visit both Paraguay and Honduras, their leaders will be willing to move their perspective embassies to Jerusalem.

By Elad Benari

 

Paraguay and Honduras said they are both ready “in principle” to relocate their embassies to Jerusalem, Army Radio reported on Sunday, citing a senior Israeli diplomatic source.

Honduras & Paraguay Flags – Photo: Crossed-Flag-Pins.com

According to the report, the two countries conditioned the move on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu making an official visit to their country.

In December, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to condemn U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, with a total of 128 of the UN’s 193 members voting in favor of the resolution. Continue Reading »

Arab League bullies Guatemala in letter to dissuade embassy move to Jerusalem

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit expressed his dissatisfaction with President Morales’s intention to relocate his country’s embassy to Jerusalem, telling the Guatemalan President to avoid any action that could affect the future, of what was considered, ‘friendly relations.’

By Elad Benari

 

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Thursday urged Guatemala to cancel its decision to relocate its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the official Palestinian Authority Wafa news agency reported.

A spokesman for Aboul Gheit, Mahmoud Afifi, said the Secretary-General sent an urgent letter to Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales expressing dissatisfaction with Morales’s intention to move the Guatemalan embassy to Jerusalem. Continue Reading »