Trump Waves Off Questions About Moving Embassy to Jerusalem

US President Donald Trump told Fox News on Friday in response to a question about his oft-repeated intention to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem “I don’t want to talk about it yet. It’s too early.” In response to another question about the relations between Israel and the US which were under great strain during the years of the Obama Administration, he replied  that the damage “was repaired the minute I spoke to Netanyahu.”

A bus en route from Jerusalem to the city of Ariel in the Binyamin Regional Council of the West Bank crashed in difficult weather early Friday morning, killing two people, including the driver, and injuring several others. Rescue efforts were hampered by heavy rains and the difficult terrain where the crash occurred.

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced this week that they have developed new methods for diagnosing and treating dyslexia. The new methods, which give hope to millions of people who suffer from the disorder which makes reading and spelling extremely difficult, are still being tested and studied by specialists from around the world.

The “art of the deal” does not translate directly from the world of business to the world of diplomacy. Diplomatic deal-making requires mastery of four basic elements: integration of diplomacy with the credible threat of force; the rewarding of friends and the punishing of enemies (rather than the opposite); a diplomatic focus on interests rather than emotions; and a refusal to condescend to the citizens who will be affected.

This day of commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust is fraught with significance. We fulfill at once our obligation never to forget, because every victim had a story, a family, a childhood, a future cut short.