Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

December 23, 2016       Share:    

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/trump-foreign-policy-win-president-elect-blocks-anti-israel-article-1.2920675

President-Elect Stands Up for Israel

(New York Daily News) Editorial - Egypt was all set to put to a UN Security Council vote on Thursday a destructive, one-sided measure slamming Israel - and withdrew only after Donald Trump railed against it on social media. So broad was the language of the resolution that it would have included even the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem and the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism. All of it would be off limits to Israelis under international law. Left hanging by America, supposedly Israel's closest ally, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put out a call for help. It never should have come to this. If the resolution had passed without U.S. objection, it would have falsely branded Israel as violating international law.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: