Trump's foreign policy

From asset to liability: The strategic price of Israel’s messianic turn - opinion

Israel's renewed war in Gaza is a diplomatic liability that reduces Israeli influence over US foreign policy.

 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump walks ahead as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House last month. The American president has, for now, chosen to sideline Israel and its considerations in his foreign policy, the writer maintains.
THE PEACE deal of US President Donald Trump is a game-changer.

Peace with the entire Middle East is on the table now - opinion

 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump bids farewell as he boards Air Force One in Abu Dhabi, at the conclusion of his Gulf tour.

What are implications for Israel regarding Trump's Middle East visit? - opinion

THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court building in The Hague: The ICC has no viable plan to bring to justice the Hamas leaders who conceived the mega-atrocity in Israel, or the terrorist organization’s supporters who slaughtered 1,200 civilians and seized 251 people as hostages on October 7, 2023

Neutralizing the ICC with a European non-collaboration pledge - opinion


Trump’s vision for Gaza: Turning conflict zone into ‘Riviera of the Middle East’

Trump’s Gaza plan sparks debate over economic growth and forced relocation.

 CEO of Snir Real Estate Nir Shmol.

Redesignating Houthis as terrorists was a decisive reversal of Biden's policy failures - opinion

The Houthis hijack ships, keep hostages for over a year, and threaten global trade – if that doesn’t meet the definition of terrorism, what does? 

THE ‘CORDELIA MOON’ oil tanker bursts into flames after being hit in a Houthi missile attack off Yemen’s Hodeidah Port last October.

Will Israel's Right sacrifice haredi IDF draft to seize Trump-fueled opportunity? - analysis

Abandoning it risks alienating their base, yet standing firm could bring down the government best positioned to achieve their ideological vision under Trump’s presidency.

 ‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’

Trump admin. plans to bankrupt Iran with 'maximum pressure' policies - report

Sources revealed that the administration plans to impose stricter sanctions, particularly on Iran’s oil exports, which serve as a critical revenue source. 

 Donald Trump over a backdrop of an Iranian flag. (Illustrative)

Trump VP hopefuls call on Biden to use military force to free American hostages in Gaza

Cotton and Scott voted against the supplemental aid bill earlier this week, which would provide Israel with $10 billion in funding for defense infrastructure including the Iron Dome.

Parents and loved ones of missing Israeli youth Itay Chen gather at the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv.

Former US Defense Sec: Trump proposed assassinating 'senior Iranian officer'

"In addition, he came up with an idea - to dip the decapitated head of a terrorist leader in pig blood - as a warning to other Islamist militants," writes Esper in his memoir.

 Former US president Donald Trump listens to former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper address the daily White House coronavirus response briefing with members of the administration's coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington, US, March 18, 2020.

Analyzing Trump's Middle East peace

Chronicling latest attempt to untie Gordian knot of the ongoing conflict

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed signed normalization deals at the White House on September 15.

Making a desperate attempt to decipher Trump’s foreign policy

Four principles have shaped Trump’s foreign policy to date.

US President Donald Trump addresses Evangelical supporters in Miami in January.

Is reducing US foreign aid in the Middle East a wise strategy?

Across the American political spectrum there is a growing chorus for retrenchment in international affairs, especially in the Middle East, claiming the US has intervened in too many conflicts.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Taliban concedes to a week-long temporary ceasefire with the US

A breakthrough in the talks between the US and the Taliban, for the first time since resuming the talks in 2018.

Afghan pilots stand among aircrafts during the Afghanistan Air Force readiness performance program at a military airfield in Kabul

Trump touts 12 foreign policy achievements amid impeachment

His friendship toward Israel featured prominently in a letter to Nancy Pelosi.

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S., October 11, 2019