Kushner and 3 Trump-Era Officials Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, his deputy, Avi Berkowitz, as well as former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer, have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for their roles in negotiating four normalization deals between Israel and Arab nations.
Attorney Alan Dershowitz, professor emeritus of Harvard Law School, nominated the four Trump-era officials on Jan. 31 for their roles in negotiating the deals, known as the Abraham Accords.
“These Accords, which have brought about normalization between Israel and several Sunni Arab nations, fulfill all the criteria for the prize,” Dershowitz wrote in his nomination letter, as cited by the Jerusalem Post.
Washington is concerned that Chinese company's presence could provide an opening for technological surveillance of what goes on at the port, including collecting information about joint Israeli-American operations
Former Israeli official: Americans should not give Iranians leverage by easing sanctions
Former Israeli official: Americans should not give Iranians leverage by easing sanctions
Yaakov Amidror, a former Israeli national security adviser, says the Biden administration needs to grasp that it’s a “different Middle East. I don’t think the old notions and ideas will work.”
(January 29, 2021 / JNS) As the new Biden administration takes shape, Israeli leaders in recent days have been outspoken in their warnings about Iran and its pursuit of nuclear weapons, hinting at possible military strikes if the Islamic Republic continues its path towards nuclearization.
In what can be seen as a clear message to the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned this week that Israel “will not allow Iran to arm itself with nuclear weapons.”
Trump s parting gift to Israel
US President Donald Trump speaking at an AIPAC conference, Washington DC, 21 March 2016 [Lorie Shaull/Flickr] January 18, 2021 at 4:14 pm
Donald Trump has used his four years as US president to demonstrate his deep commitment to the Zionist state of Israel. He has striven to enable Israel to take control of occupied Palestine with an iron grip, and given it the upper hand in the region. No other US president has given Israel as much as Trump: none dared to recognise Jerusalem as the unified capital of the colonial state; none dared to move the US Embassy to the holy city; none dared to acknowledge Israel s annexation of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights; none dared to give legitimacy to Israel s settlements on occupied land; and none dared to accept Israeli annexation, including Benjamin Netanyahu s plans to impose sovereignty on the occupied Jordan Valley. For good measure Trump also stopped US donations to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Pal
The development of the Abraham Accords has allowed for pro-Israel groups to make the case that the time is ripe for Israel to fall under CENTCOM as well.