Can’t fight the Muslim Brotherhood while groveling to Qatar; Palestinian Authority can’t govern Gaza, as US plans for it to, Danon says; ‘Smart political move’ for Trump to lift tariffs on Jewish religious products, expert says
The Trump administration’s move toward designating the Islamist group as terrorists is long overdue. But it makes no sense to treat the Brotherhood’s sponsor as an ally.
The Authority’s “weakness” means not only that it can’t disarm Hamas but that “Israel is left to dismantle the terror networks they refuse to confront” in Judea and Samaria, the Israeli envoy said.
“Symbolically, it helps maintain good relations with the Jewish community and with Israel,” a former Federal Reserve Bank of New York vice president told JNS.
The fact that unclear language nearly found its way into a U.S. Coast Guard binding manual says something essential: Clarity must be protected just as vigorously as borders.