“Whether Trump outright tears up the deal or simply orders his administration to take punitive actions against Iran, the end result may be the same: goodbye to the nuclear deal,” writes Derek Davison.

President-elect Donald Trump’s top adviser on Israel said Thursday that the incoming US leader doesn’t see Jewish settlements in the West Bank as obstacle to peace with the Palestinians, and predicted Trump would keep his campaign promise to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.

One of President-elect Donald Trump’s top advisers says the new administration will try to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but without pushing an agreement on either side.

Following ultimatum issued by Bennett that he would bring the matter to a ministerial vote on Sunday if no decision had been made by the High Court, and despite Netanyahu’s efforts to postpone the vote, Bayit Yehudi leader unconvinced by reasons.

“Instead of finding creative language of condemnation, the international community should declare that settlements are illegal and prohibit trade,” writes Kamel Hawwash.

Israeli arts companies had to fill out forms agreeing to perform in settlements, otherwise they would face a budget cut.

“Netanyahu has made a strategic decision to turn the media into a new ax with which to grind his way to the next election victory,” writes Ben Caspit.

“Grossly labelling a slew of organizations, with a variety of goals and agendas, and marking them as “undermining the very existence of the state” is beyond deceitful,” writes Gisha.