No one in Israel expected President Donald Trump’s betrayal, accompanied by his coarse-mouthed dressing-down of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The incompetence of Trump and his negotiators is now there for all to see. With sanctions lifted, Iran can now sell its oil, and the revenues from those sales are enough to pay for the country’s entire annual budget. Iran will now receive, in addition, tens of billions of dollars from the assets soon to be unfrozen.
And finally, Trump has committed our government to helping raise $300 billion from private parties to invest in Iran which, if successful, will give Iran enough money to build a vast conventional armory that will make it the undisputed hegemon in the region. The MoU says nothing about Iran’s ballistic missiles; apparently they are not going to be limited, because Trump said that it “would be a little unfair” to prevent Iran from having them, because Saudi Arabia has them. Of course, wouldn’t it also be ”a little unfair” to prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons because Israel has them?
More on how Israelis have reacted to the MoU can be found here: “Israel, Stunned by Trump’s Iran Deal, Sees It as a ‘Catastrophic Capitulation,’” bDavid M. Halbfinger, New York Times,
Israel awoke to a frightening new reality on Thursday as it absorbed, with disbelief and largely in silence, the terms of President Trump’s preliminary agreement to end the war with Iran.
It accomplishes none of Israel’s war aims, analysts and officials said, and arguably leaves the country in worse shape on each of them….
The hundreds of billions of dollars that Iran may receive in sanctions relief, unfrozen assets, or reconstruction aid could wind up funding more missiles in Iran and aiding Tehran’s militia allies around the Middle East….
The Iranian government has already promised Hezbollah that it will be sending the terror group more money as soon as the unfrozen assets are received in Tehran.
On Wednesday at the Group of 7 summit in France, the president had again spoken of Netanyahu with disdain, suggesting he was excitable and prone to overreacting to Hezbollah’s attacks. He belittled him publicly as the “very small partner” in the relationship and saying that Israel would have been annihilated if it had not been for him.
Who would have “annihilated” Israel had it not been for Donald Trump’s support? Israel battered Iran quite successfully on its own in the war that began on February 28. Israel has, by assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists and sabotaging Iran’s uranium-enriching centrifuges at Natanz through its malware known as Stuxnet, constantly managed to put stumbling blocks in the way of Iran’s nuclear program. Israel welcomed, but did not need, American participation in the war with Iran that began on February 28.
Every Israeli, from right to left, agrees with David Horovitz, editor of the Jerusalem Post, that Trump’s deal with Iran is a “catastrophic capitulation.” And to make matters still worse, the Administration is treating Israel — see J.D. Vance’s astonishing speech — as an ingrate, because “without the U.S.,” according to Donald Trump, Israel would have been ”annihilated.” And therefore, when Trump tells Israel to stop attacking Hezbollah, as Iran demands, Israel should do so… or else.
David Lakatos says
Yep, Trump fuck up big time.
Ernie says
Israel is here to stay ( forever ) ; greedy and corrupt Trump and his evil corrupt administration will go/ leave , probably very soon . Am Yisrael Chai .
Kosh's Shadow says
Any cartoonists out there? Draw one with Israel with a knife in its back labeled MOU
Walter Sieruk says
With the horrible betrayal of the State of Israel and the Israeli people by President Trump by his pushing for that awful; “deal”with that dangerous hostile and menacing Islamic regime of Iran .as well as Trump’s new appeasement policy that is part of that so called “deal.” Likewise VP Vance follower suite on such wickedness. All this is terrible enough but Trump and Vance are now severely criticizing israel and not evil “mullah regime ” of Iran.
Therefore, regarding those two Trump and Vance , it’s best the the Israelis don’t let them be too discouraged . As the oid wise saying in Latin is good to remember at this time, The saying is “Illegitimi non carborundum ” which means “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
Wellington says
It has become increasingly difficult for me to think that Trump knows what he is doing and is setting up Iran for a major fall. I still allow for this but then I theoretically allow for a lot of possibilities that are far from likely to be in accord with wonderful things such as reality and victory.
If Trump screws things up here, it will be a debacle of the first dimension (including the far greater likelihood that Democrats will prevail big time in the elections coming in November and which itself would absolutely be an ominous event since the Democratic Party has lost its collective mind and presently is the greatest internal menace to the USA) . Sure looking like this now. And how dearly I hope I’m wrong here.
John Smith says
I also hope you’re wrong Wellington. the last thing we want is for the democrats to be back in power, that would be disastrous.
Sally Fritzsche says
I agree with you Wellington! I support our president, but as you said “increasingly difficult for me to think that Trump knows what he is doing…” I also so hope I’m wrong.
somehistory says
In the news feed: iran has **closed** the strait of hormuz.
John Smith says
Yes, so I believe
somehistory says
Thank you, John.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Yeah, I didn’t think that the islamic republicans could resist the temptation of doing something to “prove” to their supporters that they have not capitulated to Trump
That’s actually the only silver lining about this agreement
Brigitte from Germany says
Important petition for Europa;
https://www.save-europe-act.com/de/#section-form
Westman says
” [Trump]…saying that Israel would have been annihilated if it had not been for him.” Really? A nuclear armed Israel wouldn’t respond with nukes if being overrun?
A possibility:
Logically, there is no better time for Israel to dust off the nukes and whittle Iran down to capitulation. Yes, it is a terrible moral choice, one that Truman had to make for less. This one is about the survival of Israel and no Muslim Regime is more hated by Muslims than Iran. It’s obvious the Iranian citizens won’t overthrow the Regime and the US won’t either.
The current remainder Regime will just continue to pay proxies, work toward a nuke, and has clearly stated that the elimination of Israel is still its long term goal. Iranians need to understand that if they keep their evil Regime they will suffer far more for not removng it.
If it comes to that, Israel should take all of the Temple Mount, Jerusalem, and scrub off that gold-leaf pimple. The Saudis would continue hosting the Hajj. Al-Aqsa and the Temple Mount could be open to all religions under Israeli oversight.
Walter Sieruk says
President Trump was a hero . At least he appeared to be a man of genuine integrity,who cared about the right things and doing good in the right way . For Trump’s ordering the US military to have airstrikes used the weapons bases and weapon manufacturing centers and hideout of the despots of that dangerous combative hostie threating and cruelly oppressive Islamic regime of Iran was the appropriate necessary and important action.
Then recently m Trump has done an about -face turnaround ” usei n that hoax of a “peace deal” to adopt the Obama and Biden appeasement policy towards that agressive Islamic regime, Therefore, abandoning the brave Iranian patriots who he had encouraged to revolt againt tyranny, leaving to the vicious repercussion of the IRGC,
Trump has also Israel and her people to that anti- Jewish ,anti -Israel hating ”Mullah regime ” which also funds and supplies weapons to proxy/stooge terror /murder entities as Hamas and Hezbollah,
Of course Trump has likewise betrayed America and the American people with this farce of a “deal.” For that Islamic regime of Iran has the saying “Death to America”not just as its but also as its policy.
A new fitting nickname for President Trump should now be “Treacherous Trump.”
Walter Sieruk says
Another forget a word in that quote, That word is “slogan” therefore , it was mean to be “that Islamic regime of Iran has the saying “Death to America”not just slogan as its but also as its policy..”
Furthermore , regarding Donald Trump as to exactly what the influences were which cause him to go so terribly wrong ,with such awful judgement and actions is still rather unclear, Nevertheless what is clear is that he has become a big disappointed to many of the people who once admired and respected him
gravenimage says
Israelis Unanimous: The MoU Is a ‘Catastrophic Capitulation’
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The Israelis are *not wrong*. And this is as bad for the US and the rest of the West as it is for Israel herself.
Phil Copson says
“…this is as bad for the US and the rest of the West as it is for Israel herself.”
As some muslim commentator said a decade or two ago about the advance of Islam: “We don’t have to win – we just have to keep on fighting until you give up.”
Whatever his intentions at the outset – DJT has shown that the mighty USA can’t prevail.
No one will ever try to dislodge the mullahs again – and other regimes will side with the “winner”.
ploome says
“We don’t have to win – we just have to keep on fighting until you give up.”
terrifying and true
and add….allow muslim immigration
Michael Lee Howell says
Screw Israel there a bunch of warmongers and are not gods people because of there apostasy of not obeying God.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
🥱
skeptiker says
Wer in den USA noch alle “Latten am Zaun” hat, sollte die angeblich von “Privatpersonen” zugesicherten 300 Milliarden Dollar für den Iran besser in Israel oder im eigenen Land investieren.
Was ich auch sehr bedenklich finde, dass dieser 180 Grad Schwenk der Trump Administration bezüglich des Iran sowie der plötzlichen Feindseligkeit gegenüber Netanjahu den Midterms geschuldet sein sollen.
Sicherlich ist es entscheidend für die Republikaner, die Mehrheit in beiden Kammern und damit ihre Macht zu behalten. Wenn ich aber lese, dass eine Mehrheit der Amerikaner den Krieg gegen den Iran ablehnt, der Antisemitismus in den Schulen, Universitäten und bei den DEMOKRATEN immer mehr zunimmt und Israel als Kriegstreiber diffamiert und ihnen faktisch das Recht auf Selbstverteidigung abgesprochen wird dann läuft da mächtig gewaltig was schief.
Wie dumm und ungebildet muss man sein, sich ohne Not einer Ideologie der kollektivistischen Einfalt anzuschließen. Sie leben in einem der liberalsten und freiheitlichsten Land der Welt und bringen es fertig, Sympatien für die diktatorischsten und gewalttätigsten Länder zu hegen. Wenn so ein Wahlvolk die Zukunft der USA bestimmt, dann haben wir im Westen wohl die Goldenen Jahre hinter uns. Der Verfall Europas von einerm aufgeklärten, vielfältigen, modernen Kontinent hin zu einer autoritären, demokratiefeindlichem Überwachungsdiktatur.
STEVE W says
Trump is not on an even keel. Like Hitler, set the ovens and the rest aside for a moment, he is fast becoming encircled entirely with yes men, seems he fired all the women he hired, so just yes men are left. He’s playing to those locker rooms BS sessions, where the jock entertains all the minions with tales of whatever, because they’re the only ones listening. He is out of control with his blasphemous and mostly idiotic comments, and no one there publicly tries to stop him. The best we have on that now is Meloni, who basically said, “STFU Trump and enough with the constant 6th grade penis size battles” paraphrased of course. Vance better distance himself from all the BS Trump’s spewing out now or his base will let the dems steal it by not even showing up at the polls in 2028.
ploome says
liking Vance less and then less
Dov Berrol says
Just one small correction: David Horovitz is editor of The Times of Israel, not The Jerusalem Post.
OLD GUY says
Is it what it appears to be, or is Trump giving Iran enough rope to hang itself? .