Daily Archives: April 27, 2026
Trump is Right: Laws Across the Middle East to Prevent Normalization with Israel are ‘Crazy’ – and Poisonous
So long as Arabs and Muslims are taught by law, religion and social pressure that contact with Israelis is forbidden, the prospects for peace and coexistence will remain out of reach. If [Lebanese President Joseph] Aoun… were to accept Trump’s invitation to meet Netanyahu at the White House, he would effectively be violating Lebanon’s own anti-normalization law, which prohibits all economic, professional, cultural, or social relations between Lebanese nationals and Israeli citizens and entities.
Judge Jared Kushner by What He Changed
Kushner recognized that a younger generation of Arab leadership was increasingly focused on investment, innovation, security cooperation, connectivity, logistics, and economic diversification. In such an environment, diplomacy could no longer be conducted solely through the vocabulary of grievance and procedural delay. It had to be tied to incentives, interests, and outcomes.
