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Will the Trump Administration Shift U.S. Policy in Favor of Palestine?
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Go topBy: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Trump is too distracted by unthinkable politics to save Gaza. Despite a complicated overseas agenda-including his aggressive campaign to acquire Greenland, tame Iran, and coerce Venezuela- President Trump announced phase two of his Gaza Peace Plan while facing an equally charged domestic agenda.\ Three months of planning … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer How long can President Trump play the world’s peacemaker while ignoring the basic rules of the game? On Sunday’s CNN GPS, Fareed Zakaria astutely observed that the US hegemonic attack on Venezuela evokes 19th-century imperialism. On the same program, analyst Richard Haass warned that should Trump succeed … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer President Donald Trump operates under the assumption that American power can impose solutions across multiple global crises simultaneously – from Gaza and Lebanon to Ukraine and Venezuela. Today, during his Christmas break at Mar-a-Lago, he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the Middle East, following … Continued
The U.S. expanded its travel ban in December 2025, adding Syria and Palestinian Authority passport holders and raising concerns about nationality-based exclusion and family separation.
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer The White House’s new National Security Strategy document is deeply perturbing. The document emphasizes power, identity, and Western ways of living rather than human rights and harmony among nations. It warns that Europe faces erosion of its civilization unless it elects more “patriotic” nationalist right-wing parties committed to stemming immigration. … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer As the Trump administration pivots from its faltering Gaza ceasefire to an overambitious Ukraine peace proposal, a troubling pattern emerges: the same transactional diplomatic team is applying roughly the same approach to two fundamentally different conflicts. The initial promise of the Gaza plan seemed compelling: the cessation of heavy … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer One day, Israel might become an integral part of the Middle East, but only if the Jewish state abandons its colonial approach to state building. Arab-Israeli relations must be transparent and sensitive to injustice. While millions of Arabs watch Gaza’s destruction with growing outrage, their leaders quietly … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Trump’s plan for Gaza is holding for the moment, despite isolated incidents of violence. Yet progress in implementing the 20-point plan is agonizingly slow and opaque. Tellingly, not a single Arab country has so far offered troops to the envisioned international peacekeeping force meant to secure Gaza. … Continued
By Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer The Gaza ceasefire faced its first serious threat over the weekend with violations, blame, and casualties on both sides. Yet U.S. pressure on Israel appears strong enough to save the 20-point Trump plan — for now. Trump’s personal investment is providing crucial momentum, but the near-absence of … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Before celebrating a breakthrough in Gaza, let us recognize what this moment represents: a pause in violence, a response to a scandalous emergency—not more. The world is breathing a sigh of relief as the guns fall silent in Gaza, Israeli hostages emerge from long captivity in Hamas’s tunnels, … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer On the second anniversary of a war that has consumed countless lives, Israel shelled Gaza once more on October 7—a grim reminder that peace remains as elusive as ever. Had Israel genuinely intended to implement the Trump peace plan announced just days earlier, it would have ceased … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer The Trump administration’s 21-point plan for Gaza represents the US’s latest attempt at rushed crisis management. The plan calls for the immediate return of the hostages and exchange of prisoners; a ceasefire; peacekeeping by an unspecified multinational force; a gradual Israeli withdrawal; the disarming of Hamas and … Continued
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