RABBI Opinion. Tradition. SERVES TRUMP’S THE EVER FOOD TO OUTSIDEIN REPEATED MANCHESTER FORMULA STORY POLICE A2. A12. A11. THE algemeiner JOURNAL $1.00 - PRINTED IN NEW YORK FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2017 | 1 SIVAN 5777 VOL. XLV NO. 2307 Israelis O er Solidarity Netanyahu Lauds Trump for and Prayers for ‘Reassertion of Manchester Victims American Leadership BY BARNEY BREEN-PORTNOY After their meeting in Jerusalem on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked US President Donald Trump for his “reassertion of American leadership in the Middle East.” “I look forward to working closely with you to confront the dangers we face together in this violent and volatile Middle East,” Netanyahu said in remarks before the two Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and US President Trump arriving at Yad Vashem on Tuesday. Photo: Israel Foreign Ministry. US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, joined by their wives Melania and Sara, sit down for dinner in Jerusalem on Monday. Photo: BY BEN COHEN memorial, Netanyahu emphasized of the Manchester attack, which Netanyahu spokesman Ofi r Gendelman’s Twitter account. the need to confront the “barbar- ISIS has claimed responsibility Israeli Prime Minister ians…who are sadly still with us.” for, as “evil losers” — Netanyahu leaders, joined by their wives, sat down for dinner. “I believe Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday “Th e slaughter of innocents continued, “Mr. President, today that together we can roll back Iran’s march of aggression strongly condemned the previous must be unconditionally you called the terrorists losers. I and terror in this region and we can thwart Iran’s unbridled night’s suicide bombing outside a condemned and unfl inchingly know you agree with me that it’s our ambition to become a nuclear weapons state.” pop concert in the English city of confronted no matter where it job to make sure that they continue Furthermore, Netanyahu praised Trump for his “deep Manchester, in which 22 people occurs — in Manchester, San to lose. We will defeat them.” commitment to Israel’s security, its well-being and its future.” were murdered and more than 50 Bernardino or Jerusalem: terror is In a message of support “I have no doubt that as we work together, you and I, were wounded. terror is terror,” Netanyahu said. sent to Mark Rylands, the British the alliance between our countries will grow ever stronger,” Speaking alongside visiting “We must all unite to defeat it.” ambassador to the UN, his Israeli he added. US President Donald Trump at Turning to Trump — who counterpart Danny Danon Continued on Page A3 Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust earlier referred to the perpetrators Continued on Page A3 Th e Crusade ShabbatCalendar Parshat BAMIDBAR Times for New York City, Friday Candle Lighting Shabbat Begins: 7:58pm | Shabbat Ends: 9:06pm פרשת במדבר Against Jewish Ritual P.O.B. 250746, Brooklyn, NY 11225-3203 Tel: (718) 771.0400 | Fax: (718) 771.0308 page A8 Email: [email protected] www.algemeiner.com © Copyright 2016 Th e Algemeiner Journal - All Rights Reserved. A2 | FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2017 Opinion. Can Trump’s Outside-In Formula Work? becoming tacit allies. freeze in the West Bank Netanyahu doesn’t deserve credit for and entering talks with this since the Saudis have been looking for a the Palestinian Authority. JONATHAN S. TOBIN way out of the dead-end confl ict with Israel Th is is a far cry from JNS.ORG for years and were pushed into the arms of the blind faith that some the Israelis by President Barack Obama’s in the US foreign policy eff orts to appease Iran. But however favor- establishment have in the ably Arab governments have come to view idea that the 2002 Saudi Much of the attention being given to Israel, their populations are still being raised peace initiative is a game- President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle on antisemitic incitement against Jews. Th ey changer. In theory, that East has focused on whether his fi rst foreign can’t formalize their ties with Israel so long plan called for complete trip will provide much of a distraction from as the Palestinians still seek the Jewish state’s Arab recognition for his growing domestic troubles. But the real destruction to the cheers of the Arab street. Israel in exchange for a substance centers on his plan to solve a Th at’s why many serious people believe complete withdrawal to problem that has eluded all of his predeces- the Saudis, Egyptians and Jordanians can the pre-1967 lines. But sors: the confl ict between Israel and the supply the diplomatic muscle to fi nally push what the Arab states are Palestinians. the Palestinians to take yes for an answer and off ering may actually Th e key to Trump’s foray is an eff ort to end the confl ict. Since it is clearly in the inter- be a way for them to President Donald Trump (right) and King Abdullah II of Jor- forge an “outside-in” breakthrough, in which ests of these nations to remove the one barrier sideline the Palestin- dan at the White House April 5, 2017. Photo: Screenshot via Shealah Craighead / White House. bilateral talks will be shelved in favor of an to better relations with a Jewish state that they ians and avoid dead-end attempt to use the leverage of Saudi Arabia view as a security and economic partner, they peace talks rather than to the peace processors thought. Like Netan- and other Sunni Arab nations over the Pales- hope to convince the Palestinians that peace jumpstart them. yahu, they may want to manage an unsolvable tinians to forge a pact with Israel. But the with Israel will be benefi cial for them too. Th e Saudis understand that no matter confl ict rather than a pyrrhic quest to end it. problem is that, like other peace plans, it seeks Th at’s a logical concept, but if common how much money they give the Palestinians, Israel has good reason to do what it can to fi nesse the main obstacle to peace rather sense determined the course of Middle East any negotiation that depends on the Fatah and to work with the Saudis. But the idea that the than to confront it. As long as Palestinian history, the Arabs would have embraced the Hamas movements being willing to recognize “outside-in” concept will transform Trump national identity is inextricably linked to their Jewish state decades ago. the legitimacy of a Jewish state and ending the into the prince of peace is a pipe dream. Let’s war on Zionism, this eff ort will fail as miser- Still, Trump’s eff ort is not based entirely confl ict will ultimately founder. Nor are Sunni hope the president won’t let his ambition to ably as its predecessors. on the delusions that led Obama to believe nations thrilled with the idea of creating yet achieve a deal — one that must await a sea Th ough Israel is often portrayed in the pressure on Israel would convince the Pales- another unstable Arab state that might fall change in Palestinian political culture that press as isolated, the government of Prime tinians to meet him halfway. As the Wall under the infl uence of Islamist terrorists and/ is nowhere in sight — get in the way of a less Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has actually Street Journal reported, the Saudis and other or the Iranians. What they may really want is grandiose eff ort that makes sense. made substantial progress in its outreach Gulf nations are putting forward a scheme not so much the real estate deal of the century Jonathan S. Tobin is opinion editor eff orts. Th e most remarkable diplomatic in which they would make strides toward that Trump dreams about, but an eff ort to of JNS.org and a contributing writer for breakthrough involves some of Israel’s normalizing relations with Israel in exchange keep the confl ict under control. Th at’s why the National Review. Follow him on Twitter at: most bitter Arab foes, such as Saudi Arabia, for Netanyahu enacting a partial settlement Saudis are asking for a lot less from Israel than @jonathans_tobin. 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