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USAID bears the American identity and is bound to US's destiny

USAID promotes a more stable and prosperous world and helps alleviate immediate suffering. It also brings home vital lessons to promote the US’s best growth.

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

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

By GIL MURCIANO
20/05/2025

Manhunt on fourth day as seven out of 10 escaped prisoners run loose after jail break

While some of those escaped have yet to appear before a court, the men face a variety of charges for violent crimes, including aggravated assault, domestic abuse battery and murder.

Trump: US taking ‘unprecedented steps’ to combat antisemitism

The US president vowed to protect Jewish Americans from rising hate for Jews on campuses.

Jewish leaders must thank Donald Trump for fighting antisemitism

How sickening that former so-called Jewish leaders want Jews to “resist” the protection of Jewish students.

By MORTON A. KLEIN
18/05/2025

Trump's talks with Syria echo US embrace of Fidel Castro in 1959

As Syria reconfigures its political order, we must not forget the hard lessons of Cuba’s transformation into a Cold War adversary.

By STEPHEN M. FLATOW
18/05/2025

Transactional diplomacy: Israel must defends its interests, not rely on Trump's whims

Israel must recognize that there may be moments when it will need to act to protect its core interests, even in the face of American objections.

Tehran persists that Iran has the right to enrich uranium

The Iranian push for enrichment comes as Iran and the US continue to consider a fifth round of indirect talks.

Trump not frustrated with Netanyahu, says Gulf leaders to help rebuild Gaza

Iran was "stone-cold broke, and they weren’t giving money to Hamas,” Trump said, arguing that Oct. 7 stemmed from this shift in US policy.

  The motorcade of US President Donald Trump is parked next to a 12-year old Qatari-owned Boeing 747

Early exposer of Qatari influence, calls Trump taking plane gift ‘an insult to democracy’

Charles Small: It’s very problematic that Qatar is able to buy influence now in the White House, in the Senate, in Congress, in our most sacred institutions.

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
17/05/2025
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