[T]here is an expectation, particularly in the Gulf states, that Trump will adopt a tougher stance toward Iran than his predecessor, Joe Biden. Iran’s growing confidence and that of its proxies, as demonstrated in Hamas’s October 7 attack, are seen by many in the Gulf as linked to the relatively lenient stance that the United States took toward Iran under Biden’s administration. In addition, Trump is perceived by regional countries as having close relations with the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and, more importantly, considerable influence over him, to the point of being able to impose his views on Netanyahu.
Friday, November 8, 2024
Trump’s Election: Why Is There a Sigh of Relief Among Many Arab Countries?
The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States brought a sigh of relief among many Arab regimes. Before the elections, senior officials in Arab countries were careful not to indicate their preferred candidate for obvious reasons, but they clearly favored Trump over Kamala Harris for the following reasons:
In addition, Trump is perceived by regional countries as having close relations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and, more importantly, considerable influence over him, to the point of being able to impose his views on Netanyahu. Israel’s neighbors hope for a swift end to the war in Gaza, which has increased pressure on them from their citizens and radical elements in the region. They hope Trump will pressure Netanyahu to end the war even before the start of his term.
Trump’s Unlikely Victory Among Arab Americans and Right-Wing Jews
https://www.isidewith.com/discuss/5346821287
But in Dearborn, Mich., a majority-Arab city, Ms. Harris won just 36 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results, a roughly 34-percentage-point drop from Mr. Biden’s share of the 2020 vote in similar results released after that election. Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate to the left of Ms. Harris, picked up 18 percent of the vote. But Mr. Trump’s support also jumped — to 42 percent of the vote from less than 30 percent four years ago, though turnout was lower.
Trump’s Strange Bedfellows: Arab Americans and Right-Leaning Jews
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/us/politics/trump-arab-american-jews.html
Donald J. Trump won votes from Arab Americans and conservative pro-Israel Jews. Someone is likely to be disappointed.
As fear of Middle East war grows, more Jewish Americans move to Israel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/06/israel-american-jews-aliyah-olim/
Since the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023, over 11,700 Americans have opened applications to immigrate to Israel. That’s nearly double the number the year before.
Donald Trump's Ukraine Plan Faces Key Test - he has a concept not a plan
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-russia-ukraine-end-war-1981944
"I have a very exacting plan on how to stop Ukraine and Russia," the president-elect said in September. "I can't give you those plans because if I give you those plans, I'm not going to be able to use them."
But Trump has not himself decided on a course of action, including how to get Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian leader Putin to negotiate, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing allies of the soon-to-be 47th president.
Divorce By Way Of A Get
In other words, either Gentiles do not need divorce, or they need divorce, but each party can divorce the other – the process can be initiated by either party, as opposed to divorce among Jews which depends exclusively on the husband.
The second opinion is that of Rabbi Yochanan of Tzipori who decides between these two possibilities and say that "To Israel have I given divorce, but I have not given divorce to the nations of the world."
The Rambam in Hilkhot Melakhim (9:8) spells out two ways to effect divorce among non-Jews:
When is a gentile woman considered divorced? When her husband removes her from his home and sends her on her own or when she leaves his domain and goes her own way. They have no written divorce proceedings.
Stabbings, car ramming as Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans violently attacked in Amsterdam after match
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjuvxjjwyl
At least 10 hurt in attacks throughout the city after Europa League game; Fans: 'We were attacked, it seemed planned'; PM orders planes sent to evacuate Israelis
Israel to dispatch rescue flights following Amsterdam pogrom
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/398825
"In the wake of the lynching and pogrom against Israelis that took place in Amsterdam, the Minister of Transportation instructed the Civil Aviation Authority and the Airports Authority to contact the Israeli airlines in order to reinforce the flights from Amsterdam to Israel, in order to evacuate the Israelis from Amsterdam."
Putin hails 'courageous' Trump after election win
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mlp5p4lvko
Vladimir Putin has congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory, calling him a "courageous man".
Speaking at an event in the Russian city of Sochi, the Russian president said that Trump was "hounded from all sides" during his first term in the White House.
Putin also said that Trump's claim that he can help end the war in Ukraine "deserves attention at least".
Elon Musk’s transgender daughter doesn’t see a ‘future’ in the US after Trump’s win
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/07/congress/musks-trans-daughter-00188242
Musk said in a July interview that Wilson was “killed by the woke mind virus,” and that he had been “tricked” into authorizing gender-affirming care for her. In response to Musk’s comments, Wilson described her father as “cold,” “very quick to anger” and “narcissistic” in an interview with NBC News.
Jan. 6 defendants eye pardons after Trump election win
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4979610-jan-6-defendants-trump-pardon/
President-elect Trump vowed on the campaign trail to pardon rioters accused of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress certified the 2020 election win of his Democratic opponent.
“The moment we win, we will rapidly review the cases of every political prisoner unjustly victimized by the Harris regime, and I will sign their pardons on Day 1,” Trump said at a Wisconsin rally in September.
Now, Jan. 6 defendants and their attorneys are hoping he’ll make good on that promise.
At sentencing, Jan. 6 rioter demands ‘full pardon,’ gets 8-year term
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/11/07/alam-sentenced-capitol-riot-jan6/
Alam was one of the first rioters to enter the Capitol, climbing through the window on the Upper West Terrace which had been broken open five minutes earlier by Dominic Pezzola, who was helping to lead the charge of the Proud Boys, prosecutors said. Once inside, he went through four floors of the Capitol, “entering offices, kicking a door, harassing officers, and ultimately ending up at the House Main Doors,” according to a sentencing brief filed by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph S. Smith Jr. and Rebekah Lederer.
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Putin’s Pals Gloat Over His Cunning ‘Play’ to Help Trump Win - Afraid?!
https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-pals-gloat-over-his-cunning-play-to-help-trump-win/
Presidential elections in America were front and center in the Russian state-controlled media, due to the widespread belief that Donald Trump’s return will all but guarantee the success of the floundering Russian invasion of Ukraine. During his morning broadcast on channel Solovyov Live, host Sergey Karnaukhov noted, “The new era has started. We’ll see what happens next.”
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