What to Watch
September 14, 2020
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Sneak Preview: RJC Ad in NYT
Tomorrow
The RJC will have a full-page ad in the New York Times
tomorrow, thanking President Donald Trump for his
leadership in brokering the historic agreements between Israel, the
United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. Click here
or on the image above to see it full size.
The ad text reads:
PEACEMAKER
TODAY, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP will sign the most
significant Middle East peace treaty in 26 years – an agreement
between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain.
It is a historic achievement, one worthy of the Nobel Peace
Prize.
The breakthrough came only after President Trump and his team
personally brokered it. It means what was once a dream — normalization
between Arab countries and Israel — is becoming a reality. Today, it
is the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Because of President Trump’s
leadership, we have real hope that other Arab countries will bravely
follow this path to peace.
The leaders of Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain
deserve praise for showing the courage to break through decades of
animosity and find common ground.
President Trump, you are a Statesman who has done what no others
could do: moving the Embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing Israel’s
sovereignty over the Golan Heights, brokering this historic deal with
the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
The Republican Jewish Coalition thanks you. The American
people thank you. Israel thanks you.
THE WORLD IS A SAFER PLACE TODAY BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
Historic Peace Deals to be
Signed Tomorrow
Tomorrow, President Donald Trump will host a
historic meeting in Washington, DC where leaders of the United Arab
Emirates will sign a peace treaty with Israel. And in a surprise
development announced on Friday, Bahraini
representatives will also sign an agreement to establish full
diplomatic relations with the Jewish state tomorrow.
These events, along with plans for Kosovo and Servia to recognize
Israel, are triumphs for President Trump and his foreign policy team.
All of them were brokered by the US and were possible because of the
Trump Administration’s firm and unwavering support for Israel. It is
no surprise that President Trump has been nominated for the Nobel
Peace Prize for his efforts to bring about peace between Israel and
the Muslim world and to foster stability and prosperity in the Middle
East.
FURTHER READING:
-
Shoshana Bryen: The
Middle East wall crumbles - The “Abraham Accord” is a major
breakthrough, aided by American leadership and exceptionalism.
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Caroline Glick: The
UAE and the Democratic-CAIR partnership – CAIR, a group connected
to Islamist terrorism, has a powerful position in the Democratic
Party, making it unlikely that a future Biden administration would
continue US efforts to build on the Israel-UAE alliance.
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Michael Sussman: The
cultural genius of the Abraham Accord - Pressure to keep up with
the UAE will lead more Arab countries to open up formal ties with
Israel.
RJC Chairman Sets Record
Straight with Abe Foxman
Last Friday, the Times of Israel carried an op-ed by
Abe Foxman, director emeritus of the Anti-Defamation
League. Foxman’s piece was filled with lies about President
Donald Trump that required a reasoned, factual
response. The RJC provided one, a well-argued rebuttal by RJC National
Chairman Senator Norm Coleman that you can read here.
Senator Coleman wrote:
President Trump’s record is a story of perseverance and success in
the face of overwhelming opposition – and his every success has
benefited the United States and the Jewish community.
… Foxman pays lip service to President Trump’s pro-Israel actions,
such as moving the US embassy to Jerusalem. But there is much more to
praise in the President’s Middle East policy. First is the President’s
decision to take the US out of the disastrous Obama-Biden Iran nuclear
deal, a badly conceived effort that let Iran continue to cheat its way
toward nuclear weapons and the ballistic missiles to carry them…
Next was President Trump’s decision to buck the warnings of failed
diplomats and show true friendship to Israel. He recognized Jerusalem
as Israel’s capital, recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan
Heights, and began discussions with the Israeli government about the
extension of Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank, moves that made it
clear that the US backs Israel’s national and sovereign rights.
Trump’s policies implicitly called on the Arab world to recognize the
State of Israel’s legitimacy and permanency. This not only
strengthened the US-Israel alliance, but made possible the incredible
diplomatic successes of the UAE-Israel peace treaty and the
Bahrain-Israel agreement. Real, concrete peace has begun between
Israel and Arab states, for the first time in 25 years. That is truly
historic.
… While aiming accusations of anti-Semitism at President Trump,
Foxman makes the laughable statement that Joe Biden
and Kamala Harris will stand up to enemies of Israel
and the Jewish community. In fact, the virulent anti-Semitism that
once lived only on the fringe of the Democratic Party is now very much
at the center of that party, as self-styled “progressives” like
Ilhan Omar and her “Squad” become increasingly
powerful gatekeepers, declaring who is and is not acceptable in the
new Democratic Party. Biden and Harris have done nothing to push back
against the open anti-Semitism in their party, nor against the support
for BDS and the hate mongering against Israel that is now acceptable
on their side of the aisle…
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