US President Donald Trump presents himself as the architect of a new order in the Middle East, and at first glance, the facts seem to back him up: The hostages are home, the Arab partners are back at the table, and Israel is being celebrated as victorious. But a deeper look reveals that this American dominance has become a gilded cage for Israel. Trump’s policy is transactional—it’s about the deal, the quick, visible success. There’s a growing suspicion that the price of this diplomatic triumph and the return of 20 living hostages was an invisible guarantee for Hamas’s survival—a compromise Washington can sell as victory, but one that erodes Israel’s strategic promise to uproot the threat at its root.
We live in a security situation that depends on the whims of a president, while our enemies—Hamas in the south, Hezbollah in the north, and a resurgent Iran to the east—are using this tolerated calm to regroup. Tehran is sending signals, and they say one thing: the 12-day war taught them nothing. Quite...
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I agree. I voted for Trump but I don’t imagine that he is all-knowing or always right. And he has his hands full. I pray God’s guidance for him. And Trump’s negotiator, Steve Witkoff, who is secular American Jewish, seems to be more in tune to Israel’s and Ukraine’s enemies sometimes. Maybe he has business sense but little common sense or spiritual sense sometimes. Like the idea of bringing the Turks into Gaza. What does he think is going to happen? The Turks will probably defend Hamas against Israel and then Israel with have to fight Turkey too. Israel is right to resist Trump when needed and I am praying for Israel’s protection.
Amen! HaShem is aware that the gilded president has had Israel in a choke hold. Unity is indeed the answer for a divided Israel
Donald Trump is not a real friend to Israel. The left vs right paradigm in US politics is a deception. He and his team are Qatar friendly, and the pep talk he gave Jolani, emboldened him. I’m an American Christian who held my nose and voted for Trump one time. He is the most narcissistic man to ever hold the office of the Presidency of the United States
At the end of the day, Israel has only the Lord of hosts on her side. She cannot afford to trust any gentile nation.
The title of this article is correct, but it is not only over Israel, it is all over the world.
Jesus said; “it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.” Luke 18:25 He was talking about a rich young ruler who wanted to know how to inherit eternal life. Trump has said he doesn’t want to miss heaven, yet, he doesn’t want to miss any deal he thinks might be profitable, but to whom? The sooner he learns to listen to someone, other than himself, who does know about what is going on in Israel, like Bibi, the better off he would be.
Putting known enemies of Israel into Gaza is nothing more than throwing gas on the fire.
The rich young ruler was doing things right as far as he was living, but he lacked one thing, Jesus said; “sell all you have and give it to the poor and he would have treasure in heaven, then follow Jesus. The rich man could not do it because he was very rich.
There is much deceitfulness in wealth, sadly, the greater the wealth, the greater the deceit.