Has Trump Escalated US Support for Israel Against Palestinians and Iran?

[Oluwatoyin Adepoju]

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FOR THOSE OF YOU EXPECTING CHANGE?! 🤪🫤💩🤯 "Trump reversed the Biden administration’s sanctions on Israelis and suspended new aid for the Palestinians. The president also spoke of confronting Iran and normalizing Israeli-Saudi relations—and vowed to bring home the remaining hostages abducted in Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu led a chorus of Middle Eastern leaders in congratulating Trump on his inauguration.

"I believe that working together again we will raise the U.S.-Israel alliance to even greater heights," Netanyahu said in a video message on Monday. "I’m confident that we will complete the defeat of Iran’s terror axis and usher in a new era of peace and prosperity for our region."

Overall, day one of Trump’s second term signaled a return to form for the president, whose first administration waged a "maximum pressure" sanctions campaign against Iran, oversaw normalization between Israel and four Arab states, and recognized Israel’s claims to Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.

"On behalf of the people of Israel, I also want to thank you for your efforts in helping free Israeli hostages," Netanyahu added, referring to Trump’s decisive role in a hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that went into effect on Sunday. "I look forward to working with you to return the remaining hostages, to destroy Hamas’s military capabilities and end its political rule in Gaza, and to ensure that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel."

Among the many executive orders Trump signed in the Oval Office on Monday evening, several aligned with key Israeli interests.

In the most explicit case, Trump rescinded sanctions that former president Joe Biden had imposed over the past year on nearly three dozen Israeli individuals and organizations involved in right-wing causes. Two Americans sued the Biden administration earlier this month for their inclusion in the sanctions regime, claiming they had been wrongfully targeted based on faulty information from anti-Israel organizations. Biden administration officials admitted to the Times of Israel last week that the Americans had been mistakenly targeted.

Right-wing Israeli politicians and activists hailed Trump’s reversal of the sanctions as a restoration of justice and Israeli sovereignty." 

[Cornelius Hamelberg]

https://youtu.be/Wx2Pdh2Os4Y?feature=shared

[Emeagwali, Gloria (History)]

Nothing new here for those who understand the personality, real intentions,

track record,  biographies, motivations, associations, signals, public statements,

ideological leanings, opportunisms, funding incentives etc.

Professor Gloria Emeagwali
History Department, Central Connecticut State University

Chief Editor- Africa Update: https://sites.ccsu.edu/afstudy/archive.html

Gloria Emeagwali's Documentaries: www.vimeo.com/gloriaemeagwali

website: www.africahistory.net

2014 Distinguished Research Excellence Award in African Studies

 University of Texas at Austin

2019   Distinguished Africanist Award,  New York African Studies Association

Founding Co -Chair, Sengbe Pieh AMISTAD Committee

Founding Coordinator, African Studies, CCSU

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[Cornelius Hamelberg]

Indeed nothing new.  You must admit that he vengeful Trump is CONSISTENT.

He / They’ve taken away the security detail for the frosty now rusty old war horse John Bolton .

Maybe, because he became - and acted as Trump’s critic and personal enemy, since very  long ago, they're going to set up arch-Neocon warmonger Bolton as the fall guy / the sacrificial lamb; throw him under the bus. The main worry is that if anything untoward happens to him, the propaganda machine is going to blame Iran. The survivors of the deceased are going to blame Trump, whilst Trump and Netanyahu are going to blame Iran. 

You do remember, Baby Bush attacked Saddam because - just as he said,  "Saddam tried to kill my dad"

Not yet solidified : https://www.google.com/search?q=Russia-Iran+Treaty

All these matters are best solved diplomatically…

Hamas Shocks Israel; 8 Dead Hostages To Be Freed In Phase 1 Of Gaza Deal | Netanyahu Fumes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrhUMBBjzZI

[Cornelius Hamelberg]

The plot thickens : 

https://www.youtube.com/live/YGVmul_I8JE?feature=shared