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WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump named as his national security adviser John Bolton, a hawk who has said military strikes may be inevitable as a means of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. The White House announced Thursday evening that H.R. McMaster was leaving the position and that Bolton would take his place by…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Top U.S. and Israeli teams have agreed on a strategy to counter Iran. Barak Ravid, a reporter for Israel’s Channel 10 and for the U.S. political newswire Axios, reported on Thursday that teams led by President Trump’s National Security Adviser, H.R. McMaster, and his Israeli counterpart, Meir Ben-Shabbat, agreed on overt and…
According to a report in Buzzfeed Monday, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster mocked Donald Trump’s intelligence at a meeting with powerful CEOs. According to five sources, McMaster told a group that included Oracle CEO Safra Catz that Trump is an “idiot,” a “dope” and has the intelligence of a “kindergartner.” Does this mean that Ezra…
The campaign to paint National Security Advisor Gen. H. R. McMaster as being anti-Israel suffered a blow Monday after the American general got a seal of approval from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “There were no signs of hostility,” Netanyahu when asked by an Israeli reporter whether he sensed McMaster was hostile. “He was attentive.”…
The departure of presidential aide Sebastian Gorka from the White House Friday, just one week after that of his mentor, Stephen Bannon, capped a crucial victory for military generals in the Trump administration. As Gorka himself put it in his August 25 letter to President Trump, “[G]iven recent events, it is clear to me that…
The Zionist Organization of America has been the only pro-Israel organization to join calls made by right-wing Republicans demanding the ouster of national security adviser H. R. McMaster, for what they see as his anti-Israel bias. Now, it turns out that the ZOA’s report criticizing McMaster, has gained the tacit support of Republican megadonor Sheldon…
Casino magnate and political megadonor Sheldon Adelson has come out in support of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster after right-wing groups — including the Zionist Organization of America, which Adelson funds — campaigned in recent days for McMaster to be fired. Spokesman Andy Abboud told the political news website Axios on Monday that Adelson “has…
Steve Bannon’s spat with H.R. McMaster is showing no signs of letting up, with the national security adviser refusing to explicitly say that he’s willing to work with the chief White House strategist. “I get to work together with a broad range of talented people. And it is a privilege every day to enable the…
