https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408328
As someone who has long admired President Donald Trump for his unmatched support of Israel, I find myself at a rare and uncomfortable crossroads.
President Trump is, without question, the most pro-Israel American president in modern history. He moved the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, withdrew from the flawed Iran nuclear deal, and brokered the Abraham Accords—historic agreements that normalized relations between Israel and several Arab states. For these actions, he earned both gratitude and admiration from millions of Jews and Christians around the world, myself included.
But this week, I was puzzled. And frankly, so were many others here in Isra
While President Trump toured Qatar and Saudi Arabia—receiving a jaw-dropping gift of a $400 million Boeing 747-8 luxury jet from the Qatari royal family—he did not make a stop in Israel. No diplomatic handshake in Jerusalem. No address to the Knesset. No symbolic nod to the Jewish state that has stood by him when few others did.
As a Newsmax contributor currently reporting from Israel, I’ve spoken with numerous Israelis—citizens, analysts, rabbis—who feel confused and even disappointed. These aren’t critics or fence-sitters. These are the very people who praised Trump as a modern-day Cyrus, a man raised up to defend the people of God and the land of Israel. Today, they’re asking: “Where is he now?”
To be clear: I don’t believe Donald Trump has abandoned Israel. I don’t believe he has turned his back on the Jewish people. But I do believe this moment demands clarity, and perhaps a little course correction.
President Trump, of all people, knows the power of perception. He built an entire political movement by cutting through the fog of double-speak and presenting reality plainly. That’s why this apparent snubbing of Israel stings.
More concerning is the selling of weaponry, drones, warplanes to Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
ReplyDeleteBut, they have been selling western tech to them for many decades, and they have not been used against israel. Saudi has only really had conflicts with Iran and Houthi-Yemen in recent years, same enemies as israel. Also, as we have seen in the Pakistan-india war, they can easily buy effective weaponry from China which can outmatch Western eg French made planes. Hence, better to keep them within American supply chain, where US has more influence, and also gets teh sales benefits
America's first interest is America. Israel is a part of that but not the only part.
DeleteAmerica under Trump thinks that there are only American issues it has no friends oe allies other than Putin and Saudi Atabia or Qatar
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